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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 17 October 2022

From the AZ Water Resources Research Center Newsletter: 

 

On October 5, the University of Arizona community suffered a huge loss with the tragic and senseless death of Dr. Thomas Meixner, professor and department head of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences. He was beloved by friends and family and highly regarded by his colleagues. At the WRRC, Meixner was considered a kindred spirit: he led efforts to make University of Arizona (UArizona) water science locally and regionally relevant, encouraging his students and colleagues to do the same.

 

Assistant Dean for Faculty Advancement in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Jean McLain, who was the WRRC’s Associate Director for six years, wrote that when she first met Tom, “I was struck by his no-nonsense attitude — he would enter a meeting with a goal or an agenda, and that goal would be accomplished. It was quite impressive — and I quickly learned to trust his judgment.” In her first months at the WRRC, Meixner encouraged her to succeed him as a member of the City of Tucson Citizens’ Water Advisory Committee, believing the committee should have an effective UArizona presence. Not only was he mentoring a colleague new to water resources, but he also was ensuring continued UArizona engagement with the water community. Remembering their interactions, WRRC Director Sharon Megdal stated “Tom was an absolutely wonderful colleague — as good a colleague as there could be. … He was brilliant. Tom was generous with his time and counsel and was always responsive. He helped the campus community in so many ways … I can still hear him saying "understood." He understood so much! … My heartfelt sympathies to the family and all who knew and/or worked with Tom.”

Please support Tom's family - Kathleen, Sean and Brendan through Go Fund Me.

Rest in peace, Tom!

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The articles displayed herein are selected by Dr. Elaine J. Hanford. I do not necessarily agree with the viewpoints expressed and the article descriptions that precede each link.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 17 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Seequent will offer free 6-hour online training on Leapfrog Geothermal on 9-10 November 2022

• https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/introduction-to-leapfrog-geothermal-online-course-november-9-10-free-registration/
• Intro & Registration: https://events.seequent.com/introductiontolfgeothermal-9-10-nov-2022

Best hikes in Chile

• https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/best-hikes-in-chile

Latest pictures from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory of Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea 

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/news/photo-and-video-chronology-hawaiian-volcano-observatory-october-7-2022

Strange tale of James Hutton – warning:  may contain metamorphic schists – Hutton loved a laugh

• https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23034583.strange-tale-scotlands-first-rock-star-james-hutton-warning-may-contain-metamorphic-schists/

South Africa has fantastic geological prospectivity

• https://www.miningweekly.com/article/south-africas-geological-prospectivity-is-fantastic-minerals-council-ceo-2022-10-05

500 myo marine sedimentary formation discovered in Sudan

• https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/ancient-seabed-uncovered-sudan

Impact crater field in Wyoming

• https://trib.com/news/local/casper/a-wyoming-crater-field-may-offer-insights-into-our-solar-systems-workings/article_0e0eae2c-4426-11ed-bcf6-e7dbc7b57469.html

New insight into formation of the Giant’s Causeway

• https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/giants-causeway-discovery-geologist-may-have-solved-mystery-of-how-world-famous-attraction-was-formed-42046848.html

The next destructive earthquake in the Hikurangi subduction zone of New Zealand frictional-viscous flow at shallow crustal levels

• https://phys.org/news/2022-10-long-dead-marine-major-earthquake.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493722002407?via%3Dihub

Current & future O&G production and exploration in the Lake Eyre Basin in Australia

• https://theconversation.com/the-magnificent-lake-eyre-basin-is-threatened-by-831-oil-and-gas-wells-and-more-are-planned-is-that-what-australians-really-want-191078

The molecular-level processes being crystals, strips and basalt columns

• https://theconversation.com/why-does-nature-create-patterns-a-physicist-explains-the-molecular-level-processes-behind-crystals-stripes-and-basalt-columns-186433

The Moon is slowly distancing from Earth – 3.8 cm per year currently means slower rate of Earth rotation – Milankovitch cycles frequency determines climatic precession cycle

• https://theconversation.com/our-moon-has-been-slowly-drifting-away-from-earth-over-the-past-2-5-billion-years-189937

New species of Tardigrades (aka Water Bears or Moss Pigs) living in the glaciers of New Zealand

• https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/476420/new-species-of-microscopic-creatures-found-living-in-new-zealand-s-glaciers

Great Hurricane of 1780 – winds 320 km/h (199 mph) – 22,000 died across Lesser Antilles – wide-spread destruction on Caribbean Islands

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/the-deadliest-storm-in-atlantic-history-hit-the-caribbean-with-320-km-h-winds/ar-AAPkRAN
• History: http://hurricanescience.net/history/storms/pre1900s/1780/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780

Atmospheric ice-nucleating particles (IPNs) play critical role in cloud formation & precipitation

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/fantastic-ice-nucleating-particles-and-how-to-find-them
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021RG000745

Computer models trace tectonic plate pathways back a billion years (animations)

• https://eos.org/articles/billion-year-rewind-tracks-supercontinents-and-mantle-structures
• Paper: https://se.copernicus.org/articles/13/1127/2022/

Toward understanding impacts of plasma jets on Earth magnetic shield

• https://eos.org/features/space-raindrops-splashing-on-earths-magnetic-umbrella
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28110-4

Two different formation mechanisms yield long-lived warm core rings emanating from the Gulf Stream

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/two-kinds-of-warm-core-rings-emanate-from-the-gulf-stream

Visualizing the largest iron ore producing countries – Australia, then Brazil, then China…

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-worlds-largest-iron-ore-producers/

The Caucasus Region is first defined by geology, then population and politics

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/map-explainer-caucasus-region/

First (and only) cobalt mine in the US opening in Idaho

• https://www.npr.org/2022/10/08/1127310649/in-idaho-americas-first-and-only-cobalt-mine-in-decades-is-opening

USS Gerald R. Ford has now deployed – nuclear powered advanced aircraft carrier has EMALS launch system

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-navy-s-newest-and-most-advanced-aircraft-carrier-has-finally-deployed/ar-AA12QkNx

Water levels in the Salton Sea steadily declining – created in 1905 by breach of irrigation canal

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Why_the_Salton_Sea_is_turning_into_toxic_dust_999.html
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022WR032281
• History: http://ponce.sdsu.edu/salton_sea_assessment.html
• Geology of the Salton Trough: https://fire.biol.wwu.edu//trent/alles/GeologySaltonTrough.pdf

Delineating major ocean currents & quantifying energy of currents larger than 1,000 km

• https://beta.nsf.gov/news/researchers-go-outside-box-delineate-major-ocean
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33031-

No surprise – corals pass mutations to their offspring

• https://beta.nsf.gov/news/corals-pass-mutations-acquired-during-their
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn0707

Toward understanding Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

• https://beta.nsf.gov/news/new-seafloor-data-upend-understanding-antarcticas
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01019-9

33^rd Anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/loma-prieta-earthquake-33rd-anniversary-compilation

Alternate fossilization pathway for dinosaur soft tissues

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/dinosaur-soft-tissue-preservation-11285.html
• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275240

Some Megafauna species survived in the highlands of Papua New Guinea until 20,000 years ago

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/new-guinea-megafauna-11272.html
• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arco.5274

New species of Ordovician horseshoe crab discovered in Canada

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/lunataspis-borealis-11266.html
• Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/new-species-of-the-ordovician-horseshoe-crab-lunataspis/E198745336B0E124E34966425F35FB02

Crystal traces in late Oligocene fossil leaves originate from calcium oxalate

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221007112119.htm
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20144-4

Erect-crested penguins reject first egg and then lay a second larger egg

• https://phys.org/news/2022-10-erect-crested-penguins-egg.html
• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275106

Oceanographic mission to probe geologic history of southern Aegean and Santorini volcano

• https://phys.org/news/2022-10-mission-probe-santorini-volcano-mysteries.html

Submarine volcanic eruption stimulated rapid massive bloom of ocean phytoplankton in Tonga

• https://phys.org/news/2022-10-tonga-volcano-eruption-life-rapid.html
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099293

New weather model more accurately predicts typhoon intensity

• https://phys.org/news/2022-10-weather-accurate-typhoon-intensity.html

NASA S-MODE will deploy new generation of tools to monitor whirlpools, currents & air-sea dynamics in the Pacific Ocean

• https://phys.org/news/2022-10-nasa-s-mode-field-campaign-deploys.html

Geologic kits and sets from National Geographic in time for early Christmas shopping

• https://www.livescience.com/national-geographic-gemstone-fossil-set-prime-day-deals

Interview:  The geology of fracking

• https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/geology-fracking

Active, dormant and extinct – classifying volcanoes

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/active-dormant-and-extinct-clarifying-confusing-classifications

Stunning remote sensing imagery reveals geology

• https://theconversation.com/these-stunning-satellite-images-look-like-abstract-art-and-they-reveal-much-about-our-planet-171950

British Geological Survey publishing new series of high-resolution offshore geological maps

• https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/new-seabed-maps-offer-a-window-into-the-distant-past/

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) reached the North Pole

• https://gcaptain.com/u-s-icebreaker-marks-third-visit-to-the-north-pole/

The deepest spots in the ocean

• https://vervetimes.com/what-are-the-deepest-spots-in-earths-oceans/

Contemplating another Little Ice Age

• https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/are-we-heading-toward-another-little-ice-age/

Minerals are the foundation of everyday life

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01052-8

Environmental Science Bulletin Board - 17 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Interactive map to learn which Native American lands you are now living on – also languages and relevant treaties

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tribal-map-america-shows-whose-202100342.html
• Interactive Map: https://native-land.ca/

Ignorant "woke" perspective invokes misguided politics & wants Indigenous Peoples Day cancelled - "any civilization that attacked, enslaved, and conquered people...is not worth honoring or celebrating"

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/given-their-history-of-slavery-and-conquest-we-should-end-indigenous-peoples-day/ar-AA12NGn7

Population ever increasing in areas prone to wildfires – now finally raising the right question:  should rebuilding occur?

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/is-it-a-mistake-to-rebuild-in-climate-danger-zones-201845727.html

China began hoarding PPE in August & September – months before outbreak of covid was recognized in December 2019

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-began-stockpiling-ppe-months-before-covid-outbreak/ar-AA12KtJf

Government policies have resulted in 8.5% median decline in real wages – most severe in 25 years

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/american-workers-seeing-drop-in-real-wages-under-biden-administration-report/ar-AA12KlHE
• Study: https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2022/1004

In college (i.e., in all levels of education) students should not “get” a grade but should earn them

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/op-ed-listen-up-college-students-you-don-t-get-a-grade-you-have-to-earn-it/ar-AA12LhNh

Some states continue to deploy military to US Southern Border amid ongoing illegal immigration crisis

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blue-oregon-among-20-states-deploying-military-to-southern-border-amid-crisis/ar-AA12NZFE

 

CDC issued health advisory to raise awareness of outbreak of Ebola – case fatality rate around 50%

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cdc-says-america-needs-to-be-ready-for-ebola-following-outbreak/ar-AA12NZKe

Coal ash pollution persists for decades in sediments in North Carolina Lakes

• https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/53578/20221010/coal-ash-pollution-north-carolina-lakes-sediments.htm

Benefit of regular colonoscopies to screen for cancer may be overestimated

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/study-suggests-benefits-colonoscopies-may-165523934.html

California high-speed rail off the tracks due to politics, unrealistic cost estimates, flawed engineering & “too big to fail” attitude – ultimate cost now estimated as high as $105 billion

• https://news.yahoo.com/californias-bullet-train-went-off-182254798.html

Giant Saguaro of the Sonoran Desert in SW US – threatened by drought & invasive species

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/the-southwest-s-famous-cacti-are-in-trouble/ar-AA12O4jq
• Facts: https://www.azed.gov/sites/default/files/2019/02/Saguaro%20Fun%20Facts.pdf

Tale of woe – the first RSV vaccine catastrophically made illness much worse in children

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/for-decades-fear-and-failure-in-the-hunt-for-an-rsv-vaccine-now-success/ar-AA12NSWa

More than 40% of surveyed Americans lied about covid risk & vaccination status during pandemic & ignored draconian “safety precautions”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/more-than-40-of-americans-lied-about-covid-19-risk-during-pandemic-study-shows/ar-AA12NTYd

Covid lockdowns harmed children more than the virus – still seeing higher levels of anxiety & depression than before covid

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-evidence-that-covid-lockdowns-harmed-children-more-than-the-virus/ar-AA12Ovmg
• Paper: https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/conference-news-releases/covid-19-pandemic-cancellations-took-harsh-toll-on-teen-athletes-whose-mental-and-physical-health-improved-significantly-after-sports-resumed

While some humans continue to fear-monger, the virus is winning the war by mutating – declining death rate decoupled from infection rate beginning in January 2021 – case fatality rates below 2% for almost 80% of countries and at/below 2.5% for 89 % of countries (only 1.1% in the US)

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/deadly-covid-twist-nothing-ve-085105507.html
• https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

“California’s entire state government…is completely clueless about energy policy” – ‘green bureaucracy’ gets verbal smackdown

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/california-s-green-bureaucracy-gets-the-verbal-smackdown-it-deserves/ar-AA12OXoj

How much does it cost to charge an EV? If the grid can supply the electric power

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/how-much-does-it-cost-to-charge-an-electric-car/ar-AA12O6WX

Coalinga, California, running out of water – did little to conserve over many years of drought

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/10/drought-california-water-levels/

Prescribed burns – the good, the bad and the ugly

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11102022/forest-service-prescribed-burn-pause/

States consider mileage tax to offset loss of estimated $140B gas tax revenue – add to cost of using EV

• https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/10/10/as-electric-vehicles-shrink-gas-tax-revenue-more-states-may-tax-mileage

Florida Dept of Health analysis showed 84% increase in relative incidence of cardio-related death among males 18-39 years old within 28 days of mRNA vaxx – Twitter blocked sharing then restored the post

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/florida-surgeon-general-blocked-from-sharing-covid-vaccine-study-on-twitter-an-enormous-deal/ar-AA12QmrV
• Perspective: https://ianmsc.substack.com/p/floridas-department-of-health-and
• Analysis: https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221007-guidance-mrna-covid19-vaccines-analysis.pdf

Pfizer exec admits to European Parliament that covid-19 vaccine was never tested on ability to prevent human-to-human transmission

• https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine/2022/10/11/id/1091453/
• https://ianmsc.substack.com/p/the-case-for-vaccine-passports-just
• https://amgreatness.com/2022/10/11/cheap-lie-eu-mep-calls-out-pfizer-exec-after-she-admits-covid-vaccine-was-never-tested-on-preventing-transmission/

Confirmed that 6 endangered wolves found dead in NE Washington were poisoned 

• https://www.nwpb.org/2022/10/11/wildlife-officials-confirm-6-wolf-poisonings-in-northeastern-washington/

New Zealand proposed plan to tax cow & sheep burps and peeing not being well-received by farmers

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-zealand-proposes-taxing-cow-burps-1.6612302

OMG!  Self-imposed climate change by microbial life may have ended life on Mars – they did not burn any fossil fuels

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/self-imposed-climate-change-may-have-killed-martian-life/ar-AA12Que7

115 animals seized in Lassen County, California, during massive neglect investigation

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/115-animals-seized-during-massive-neglect-investigation-in-northern-california/ar-AA12QYTC

Technological hazard – Stephen Hawking believed technology could also pose major threat to humanity

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-scientific-progress-that-stephen-hawking-never-stopped-warning-us-about/ar-AA12PJta

National Parks of Alberta, Canada, through an Indigenous lens

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/09/seeing-albertas-national-parks-through-indigenous-lens

Global fertility rate may drop below 1.7

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-real-story-behind-america-s-population-bomb-adults-want-their-independence/ar-AA12Snbb

Ligers, zorses and pizzlies, oh, my!!

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ligers-zorses-and-pizzlies-how-animals-hybrids-happen/ar-AA12NFUs

Dominican Republic crackdowns on migrants from Haiti to enforce border policies

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/dominican-republic-cracks-down-border-194300057.html

Vaxx updates have lost momentum – US government order for 170M booster doses off by more than 90% at cost of $5 billion taxpayer dollars – “experts” say lack of boosters will cause new variants which is counter-intuitive since virus mutates in response to vaccines & boosters – FDA approves booster for kids

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-us-s-estimate-for-uptake-of-the-new-covid-booster-was-off-by-more-than-90/ar-AA12QA8b
• https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/kids-5-11-can-now-get-the-bivalent-ba-5-targeting-covid-booster/

Plastic Pollution Prevention & Packaging Producer Responsibility Act in California may not be as good as it sounds – like asking the fox to guard the hen house & provides for exemptions for “unique challenges”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102022/california-plastics-pollution-bill/

Dredging reopened parts of the Mississippi River to shipping but parts of Ohio River closing due to declining water levels

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mississippi-river-reopens-barge-traffic-after-low-water-closures-us-coast-guard-2022-10-10/
• https://www.ttnews.com/articles/first-mississippi-now-ohio-river-faces-barge-crisis

Visualizing the most surveilled cities – big brother is watching with CCTV – 54% of cameras in China

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-worlds-most-surveilled-cities/

Visualizing range of EVs vs. gas-powered cars – no contest as median gas car travels twice as far

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-range-of-electric-cars-vs-gas-powered-cars/

On the 60^th anniversary of the publication of “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson

• https://theconversation.com/silent-spring-60-years-on-4-essential-reads-on-pesticides-and-the-environment-192232

Poll finds voters overwhelmingly support chemical regulation & want products from of harmful chemicals

• https://www.ehn.org/support-for-chemical-regulation-2658439235.html

The dangers of skin lightening products that contain mercury

• https://www.ehn.org/skin-lightening-products-2657647779.html

How “green” are biofuels? – impacts on agriculture and land use – plowing up grasslands, clearing trees & draining wetlands

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/how-green-are-biofuels-scientists-are-at-loggerheads/

Numerous factors (not always identified) can lead to instability of complex ecosystems

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/What_drives_ecosystems_to_instability_999.html

Die-off of amphibians in Costa Rica & Panama leads to malaria spike

• https://beta.nsf.gov/news/malaria-spike-linked-amphibian-die
• Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8e1d

Nevada launches interactive “Nevada Trail Finder” for recreational trails across the state

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/web-based-map-featuring-thousands-of-miles-of-trails-launches-in-nevada/ar-AA12SRaN
• NTF: https://www.nvtrailfinder.com/

Yakima Basin groundwater (and connected surface water) is being depleted for irrigation – plan to import water via new 10-mile pipeline to divert Yakima River water with fees based on acreage irrigated

• https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/proposed-pipeline-would-deliver-water-to-farmers-east-of-moxee/article_3f756b66-4595-11ed-b219-7b8c0f40733f.html

Lifetime risk of developing disease is influenced by genetic, demographic, behavioral, physiological and socio-economic factors – question is how to properly assess that risk?

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02039-z

UN admits it might give science a more prominent role in forming global policymaking – that assumes that a one-size-fits-all global policy approach is a good thing

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03200-x

Explosions and fires at hazardous materials recycling business in Fernley, Nevada

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hazmat-recycling-facility-in-fernley-catches-fire-explosions-follow/ar-AA12WBM3

The Left made a unilateral decision to shut down all opposition/skepticism about “climate change” by pronouncing the debate was over since mythical “scientific consensus” has been reached - another step toward totalitarianism – scientific inquiry means questioning and challenging conventional wisdom

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-left-is-using-science-consensus-to-shut-down-free-speech-in-america/ar-AA12WBfz

Perspective:  Civilization is fragile beneath a thin veneer – our social environment is under attack by regressive progressivism

• https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-davis-hanson/victor-davis-hanson-the-thinnest-veneer-of-civilization-2651560/

Hawaii DOT testing asphalt mix with recycled plastic polymer in pilot project

• https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/infrastructure/hawaii-dot-tests-plastic-roads.html

Initiative in Rio Grande basin in New Mexico USFS plans to fight fire with more fires – will past mistakes be repeated?

• https://www.circleofblue.org/2022/world/in-new-mexico-partners-collaborate-to-end-siege-from-megafires/

Perspective:  Los Angeles, California, is running out of time to solve its water crisis

• https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-10-13/as-election-nears-future-l-a-water-supply-gains-focus

Presumptive model suggests more than 57,000 sites across the US are contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals – “a large underestimation”

• https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3684169-scientists-say-forever-chemicals-may-be-contaminating-57000-us-sites/
• Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00502

USDA releases proposed regulatory framework to reduce salmonella infections linked to poultry products – will hold virtual public meeting & seek public input

• https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/news-press-releases/usda-releases-proposed-regulatory-framework-reduce-salmonella
• Proposed Framework: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/inspection-programs/inspection-poultry-products/reducing-salmonella-poultry/proposed

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 17 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Population ever increasing in coastal hazard zone – now finally raising the right question:  should rebuilding occur after devastating hurricanes?

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/is-it-a-mistake-to-rebuild-in-climate-danger-zones-201845727.html

Mahi mahi dwindling in the Florida Keys – thick monofilament lines used to target them en masse – some lines as long as 11 miles with 70 longline vessels currently targeting mahi mahi

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/mahi-mahi-dwindling-keys-charter-174351547.html

5 California Native American tribes will use traditional knowledge to protect 200+ miles of coastal land significant to their history - $3.6M in state funds to support continued efforts

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/california-tribes-manage-protect-state-125419828.html

Warning issued – at least 3 live Simulator Hand Grenades washed up on central Oregon coast

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hand-grenades-labeled-explosive-washing-ashore-along-central-oregon-coastline/ar-AA12NxwP

California Geological Survey updates tsunami maps for 5 San Francisco Bay area counties

• https://cadoc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=61bc8d30b53e4fb5927ae199d31f5aef
• https://sfist.com/2021/07/08/new-tsunami-impact-map-for-san-francisco-puts-north-beach/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-geological-survey-revises-tsunami-maps-bay-area/
• Interactive Maps: https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/tsunami/maps

Tsunami hazard map for Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada

• https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/new-interactive-online-map-shows-if-youre-in-a-tsunami-hazard-zone-some-spots-are-inland-5855209

Kerch Bridge explosion – road & railroad sections between Crimea and Tuzla Island – single beam linked multiple spans of bridge

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-do-satellite-images-of-the-kerch-bridge-explosion-tell-us/ar-AA12N8Yx
• https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/how-the-crimean-bridge-explosion-caused-multiple-spans-to-collapse-11-10-2022/

Why Venice was built on water & what it takes to maintain its “float”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/why-was-venice-built-on-water-and-what-goes-into-maintaining-its-float/ar-AA12NulB

Legal framework established for resolving safety issues in design of New Harbor Bridge Project in Corpus Christi, Texas

• https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/special-reports/harbor-bridge/new-harbor-bridge-work-will-continue/503-3729d618-6eb3-4325-909a-1d0e74dae849
• https://news.cctexas.com/news/releases-20221006

Doing the Biden math?  Average offshore oil leasing costs $47 per acre versus $6,000 for wind so report suggests wind is better b/c generates more energy & tax revenue

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/wind/oil-gas-or-wind-what-produces-more-energy-per-offshore-acre
• https://www.americanprogress.org/article/offshore-wind-can-lower-energy-prices-and-beat-out-oil-and-gas/

Alaska cancels season for Bristol Bay king crab and for smaller snow crabs – species abundance declining

• https://www.nationalfisherman.com/alaska/alaska-shuts-down-crab-seasons-after-dismal-survey-results
• Announcement: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1441272349.pdf

Chesapeake Bay will once again (third time) miss self-imposed cleanup deadline

• https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/with-2025-chesapeake-bay-goal-out-of-reach-region-plans-for-what-s-next/article_cdf53162-4655-11ed-a3e3-bf2bb6077897.html

Significant rates of subsidence in Houston, Texas, suburbs

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/967549

1,373-km HV submarine cable will link 9.5 FW of solar & wind power in Egypt to Attica region of Greece

• https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/10/12/subsea-cable-to-bring-wind-solar-power-from-egypt-to-europe/

Speculating on the future of Cape Cod – erosion, sea level fluctuation, and beach properties

• https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2022/10/07/cape-codders-sea-level-rise-ramps-up-storm-damage-potential/8187458001/

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, USGS is retrieving more than 250 water level sensors that measured storm surge and wave heights along Gulf & Atlantic coasts

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/usgs-post-ian-science-continues

Septic system waste may seep into coastal homes if sea level rises/land subsides in North Carolina

• https://phys.org/news/2022-10-sea-groundwaterand-coastal-septic.html
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/septic-waste-to-seep-into-coastal-homes-according-to-horrifying-projection/ar-AA12WXBJ

"It’s not that we don’t trust you to do your job right, we just need proof." - @ass_deans

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 2 October 2023

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 2 October 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

New “Roadside Geology of Kansas” – “flyover country”

• http://www.derbyinformer.com/news/derby_news/new-book-spotlights-kansas-geology/article_8680cfa4-5977-11ee-aae7-2bdd864c44c4.html 

The discovery by Marie Tharp of a rift in the Atlantic Ocean floor – translated 3,000 feet of echo sounding lines

• https://www.businessinsider.com/geologist-marie-tharp-ocean-floor-map-mid-altantic-rfit-2023-9 

The shared geological landscape of Pennsylvania and Portugal

• https://www.pitt.edu/pittwire/features-articles/pitt-johnstown-pennsylvania-portugal-pangea

Geologists with MDEQ find the lost Mississippi Mound Trail marker sign for the Rolling Fork Mounds

• https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/mdeq-geologists-find-lost-rolling-fork-mounds-marker/ 

Uttarakhand High Court in India agrees there is no reason to keep Joshimath subsidence investigation records secret – “would provide vital information to the public”

• https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/no-reason-to-keep-experts-reports-on-joshimath-subsidence-secret-uttarakhand-high-court-546803

“Father of American geology” and others ventured on the keelboat Philantropist to settle in Indiana frontier in New Harmony in 1825-1826

• https://daily.jstor.org/a-boatload-of-knowledge-for-new-harmony/ 

GPS data outliers – interpreting data & monitoring ground deformation in Yellowstone

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/heres-how-we-know-outliers-gps-data-arent-real-ground-movement

More seismic activity in the Camp Flegrei volcanic field that is pushing up the ground by 1.5 cm per month

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/earthquakes-hit-italy-super-volcano-raising-spectre-of-evacuations/ar-AA1hlCfp 

Marine sediment record of climatic conditions during Late Pliocene and Plio-Pleistocene transition

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/marine-sediments-reveal-past-climate-responses-to-co2-changes 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022RG000793 

Assessing the compound earthquake risk in Seattle, Washington - Dendrochronology pinpoints seismic event from late AD 923 or early 924 in Puget Sound – 25-ft displacement, tsunami & landslides

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-tree-reveal-kind-earthquake-threat.html 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earthquake-threat-to-major-us-city-likely-underestimated-scientists-say/ar-AA1hmblK
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh4973 

Flowing lower crust could be cause of low-angle normal faults

• https://eos.org/articles/flowing-crust-pushes-faults-on-their-backs 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X23003229 

Visualizing oil production by country in 2022

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-worlds-biggest-oil-producers-in-2022/ 

Visualizing the depths of submarine cables around the world

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/charting-the-depths-the-world-of-subsea-cables/ 

Protecting bats and mineral deposits in Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/protecting-bats-jewel-cave-national-monument 

Soil liquefaction can occur under drained conditions at remarkably low seismic-energy density levels

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-reveals-insights-soil-liquefaction-earthquakes.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41405-4

Linked faults explain mythology of Scylla & Charybdis and geologic hazards in Strait of Messina

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-linked-faults-ancient-mythology-world.html

“AI will transform science – now researchers must tame it” – isn’t that like closing the barn door after the horse runs away?  Or in this case, letting the computer do the ‘thinking’ which reminds me of “garbage in, garbage out”

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02988-6

Damage Information Reporting Tool – 2022 Analysis – download report on underground structure damages

• https://dirt.commongroundalliance.com/
• Report:  https://commongroundalliance.com/Portals/0/Common%20Ground%20Alliance%20DIRT%20Annual%20Report%202022%20-%20FINAL%20(1).pdf 

What happens when an earthquake hits flood-damaged coastal building & corroded by saltwater?

• https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2023/09/earthquakes-salt-corrosion.html 

“Deep Sleep” glamping in Wales within Cwmorthin Slate Quarry

• https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2023/09/deep-sleep-takes-underground-construction-to-extreme-depths 

Strongest M8.0+ earthquakes in North America

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/the-strongest-8-0-earthquakes-to-strike-north-america/ss-AA1hlLL7 

New study confirms Gulf Stream current has slowed down by 4% over past 4 decades in the Florida Straits

• https://www.ecowatch.com/gulf-stream-weakening-science.html 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL105170 

Possible conduit for water flow being released out of a subducting slab

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/fluid-release-from-subducted-slabs-without-percolation-flow 

Kaolinite may provide mineral exploration technique to locate gold and critical minerals

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-kaolinite-clay-great-mask-key.html 

Tidal-induced seismicity increased locally prior to the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/earthquakes-have-preparatory-stage-years-before-rupture
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL104375

Removing human bias from debate over the demise of the dinosaurs – meteor vs volcanism

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-human-bias-debate-dinosaurs-demise.html 

Understanding the origins of Super-bolts of lightning

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-superbolts-scientists-figure-earth-strongest.html
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JD038254

New technique for potentially converting mine waste into healthy soil

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-healthy-soil.html 

Water content differences in the lithosphere and upper Mantle may explain observed seismic wave attenuation

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230927003101.htm 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2221770120 

Examining convective clouds along coastlines

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1002962 

Waukesha Biota provides glimpse of 437 myo lagoon

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/early-silurian-life-12311.html 

Groundwater flow model of Treasure Valley in SW Idaho from 1986 to 2015

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/groundwater-flow-model-treasure-valley-southwestern-idaho-1986-2015 
• SIR 2023-5096:  pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5096/sir20235096.pdf 

Documenting the dinosaur Coliseum in Denali National Park – largest known single dinosaur track in Alaska

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-explore-dinosaur-coliseum-denali 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2221267 

Update:  Disappearance of geologist Daniel Robinson in 2021 in Buckeye, Arizona

• https://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/buckeye/father-of-missing-geologist-says-evidence-points-to-foul-play 

Refined map of Zealandia

• https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/earth-sciences/zealandia-map-ancient-continent/ 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 2 October 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

The epitome of irony:  Wuhan lab now warning the world of another outbreak

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/wuhan-institute-of-virology-issues-dire-warning/ar-AA1hn4Jv 

Fauci & Government health agencies (CDC, WH, NIH, HHS) knew vaxxing caused adverse reactions (some deadly) - concerted efforts to downplay effects through talking points in series of “crisis communications”

• https://dailyclout.io/46-pages-foiaed-from-cdc-leaders-2021-reveal-fauci-collins-white-house-nih-hhs/ 
• https://dailyclout.io/2021-emails-show-cdc-leadership-discussions-about-myocarditis/ 

More deaths from Nippah virus in India – zoonotic disease can be transmitted human-human – 45 day incubation – up to 75% case mortality rate – high-priority disease – asymptomatic can transmit infection – no cure

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/another-deadly-nipah-virus-outbreak-what-are-the-symptoms/ar-AA1gTmzh 

Is Hiroshima still radioactive?  The experts say no worse than any other city

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/is-hiroshima-still-radioactive-10-things-to-know-in-the-modern-day/ar-AA1hbmom 

Introduction to theory & practice of digital ethnography

• https://daily.jstor.org/digital-ethnography-an-introduction-to-theory-and-practice/ 

Perspective:  Rewriting history – a sinister turn

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-rewriting-of-history-has-taken-a-sinister-turn/ar-AA1hcRxF

Contractor selected for massive $3.5B+ motor fuel facility north of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to produce “ultra-clean, high-grade diesel, naphtha and, ultimately, jet fuel” – construction timeline 2024 to 2029

• https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-09-22/gtl-americas-hires-contractor-for-3-5-billion-industrial-project-near-pine-bluff 

Kenya in talks with consortium to build $288B High Grand Falls dam & reservoir with 5.6B cubic meter capacity & hydroelectric plant – part of LAPSSET Corridor projects on River Tana – endeavouring to build 1,000 mega dams

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/kenya-gbm-led-consortium-in-talks-to-construct-2-9-billion-dam-1.1974997
• https://www.constructionkenya.com/933/high-grand-falls-dam-kenya/ 
• Mega-dam projects in Kenya:  https://www.constructionkenya.com/8360/dam-projects-kenya/ 

Records show E-cycles are faster, heavier & more deadly – call to put an end to them in New York City

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/fitness/e-cycles-are-faster-heavier-and-more-deadly-as-death-toll-shows-it-s-time-to-end-them/ar-AA1hcyXD 

US Army COE to begin nuclear waste dump remediation in Parks Township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

• https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/cleanup-of-parks-township-nuclear-waste-dump-to-begin-in-2025-last-7-years/ 
• SLDA:  https://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Planning-Programs-Project-Management/Key-Projects/Shallow-Land-Disposal-Area/ 

California revising subsidy program for EVs

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/california-makes-a-big-change-to-its-electric-vehicle-rebate-program/ar-AA1hdrur 

Tree of Life is losing entire limbs as anthropogenic-driven (habitat destruction & slaughter) causing genera to go extinct at rates up to 35 times higher than estimated – estimated that 73 genera have gone extinct since the 1500s

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-tree-of-life-is-losing-entire-limbs-jeopardizing-evolution/ar-AA1hf1na 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2306987120 

Zoo Poo might help fight bacterial superbugs for people with diabetes– bacteriophages in poop of endangered species at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England

• https://gizmodo.com/viruses-in-poop-could-fight-bacterial-superbugs-1850871571
• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/poo-endangered-species-zoo-diabetic-ulcers-b2414483.html 

Covid drug may be driving evolution of new variants with distinctive mutations – 900 variants identified

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-19-drug-may-be-creating-new-variants-with-distinctive-mutations/ar-AA1heG4n 

Like the Pandemic, the “climate crisis” was manufactured – “there is no significant man-made global warming”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/manufactured-climate-consensus-deemed-false-by-climate-scientist-the-time-for-debate-has-ended/ar-AA1fN2jT 

EV road trip by Energy Secretary was aimed to “boost the charade of the effectiveness of green energy” – “taxpayer-funded publicity stunt” that failed

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-open-probe-into-biden-s-energy-secretary-after-police-called-on-her-ev-road-trip/ar-AA1hhuni 

Proposed H2Hubs for Appalachian Region - $8B startup money - would do little to curb GHG emissions or create jobs while increasing electricity prices for consumers

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26092023/appalachia-hydrogen-hub-benefits-disputed/  

Grim milestone reached of deaths of NYFD workers who died from 9-11 World Trade Center-related illnesses 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/deaths-of-fdny-responders-from-9-11-related-illnesses-reach-somber-milestone/ar-AA1hhDgm 

NY to now require disclosure of flood risks with home sales – Call for congressional action in 2020 – funding & authorization for NFIP ends 30 September 2023

• https://apnews.com/article/new-york-flood-disclosure-law-68ea68bf0eccde125f622f35f96c9351
• https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/10/01/repeatedly-flooded-properties-will-continue-to-cost-taxpayers-billions-of-dollars 
• https://thehill.com/business/4181481-congress-faces-ticking-clock-on-flood-insurance-as-hurricane-season-picks-up/ 

Really dumb selfie-taking tour on causes death of wild pony in Wales by crowding it to fall off a cliff

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/selfie-taking-tourists-cause-newborn-073000843.html
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66785699 
• Countryside Code:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-countryside-code/the-countryside-code-advice-for-countryside-visitors 

Now targeting and attacking the aluminum industry for CO2 emissions – “The Aluminum Paradox”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27092023/aluminum-industry-has-enormous-carbon-footprint/ 
• EIP Report:  https://environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Aluminum-Paradox-report-EMBARGOED-for-09.27.23.pdf 

Charging Tesla EV by pulling up and plugging into a stove outlet & a 120-volt plug adapter – real or a gimmick? One wonders since they refer to a “gas stove”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/i-don-t-see-a-problem-tesla-owner-shows-off-controversial-method-how-they-charge-their-ev-at-home/ar-AA1hfBIe 

Visualizing the historical map that changed cartography

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/historical-map-that-changed-cartography/ 

Book Review:  “Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet” - How nature adapts to the hazards created by human roads & traffic

• https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201730827/ben-goldfarb-road-ecology-roadkill-crossings 

Lithium-ion battery fires a growing public safety concern

• https://theconversation.com/lithium-ion-battery-fires-are-a-growing-public-safety-concern-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risk-20935 

Polar bears survived the last deglaciation in Siberian and Canadian refugia

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-fossil-results-polar-survived-global.html
• Paper:   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379123003256 

Dogs who repeatedly bite people reflect poor levels of attention & training by incompetent owners

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/commander-biden-bites-another-secret-193905364.html

Trying to decide what Pyramid Lake “should be” – especially after humans have altered the Truckee River over the past century – “Nature can be very unkind when you start messing with it…kick you in the teeth.”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/upstream-solutions-lead-to-downstream-problems-for-tribal-plants-and-animals/ar-AA1hofv0 

“AI will transform science – now researchers must tame it” – isn’t that closing the barn door after the horse runs away?  Or in this case, letting the computer do the ‘thinking’ which reminds me of “garbage in, garbage out”

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02988-6

More than 3,000 cases of West Nile virus diagnosed in the US – all states except Hawaii – outbreaks typically confined to small geographic area

• https://www.idse.net/Zoonotic-Diseases/Article/09-23/West-Nile-Virus-Incidence-Increases-in-U-S-/71573

Frog underpass for Portland Highway could replace “frog taxi”

• https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/09/plan-for-portland-highway-underpass-for-frogs-makes-first-leap-forward.html 

More than 25% of world population lacks access to safe drinking water – too worried about CO2

• https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/countries-with-the-worst-water-supply 

Lightning strike caused massive explosion and fire in EV car factory near Tashkent International Airport in Uzbekistan – nearby buildings damaged by the blast – more than 150 casualties

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/lightning-sparks-massive-explosion-after-hitting-electric-car-factory/ar-AA1hoTtU 

130+ taxidermy animals in Delbridge Museum in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, are tinged with arsenic – museum closed to public – what to do now? What are the true risks?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-than-130-taxidermied-animals-in-a-south-dakota-museum-were-found-to-contain-arsenic-nobody-knows-what-to-do-with-them/ar-AA1hs5hK 

15 happiest places to live?  Are DEI, brew pubs and second-hand art installations more important than crime rates, quality of K-12 education, diminishing water supply, increasing traffic congestion, poorly-controlled urban growth, high cost of housing, etc.? 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/reno-named-happiest-place-to-live-in-america/ar-AA1heJoM 
• Outside Ranking:  https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/north-america/happiest-places-to-live-us/ 

13th Edition of Keys to Soil Taxonomy

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/keys-to-soil-taxonomy 
• Keys:  https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/Keys-to-Soil-Taxonomy.pdf 

Deadly risks at Yellowstone National Park that tourist sometimes forget – not just the animals

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/man-completely-dissolves-after-falling-into-hot-spring-at-yellowstone/ar-AA1hsFii 

Acetaminophen (aka:  Paracetamol or Tylenol) again in the news with warning that it could lead to liver damage – one of the leading causes of acute liver failure in the US – in numerous OTC products

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-potentially-dangerous-painkiller-that-could-lead-to-liver-damage/ss-AA1hui9a 

Pet owners need to be responsible – it’s not your pet, it is you

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/seven-types-dog-owner-spot-170000411.html

Proposed Upper Mississippi River Levee Safety Act would make it easier to raise levees – is that a good thing?

• https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2023-09-28/new-bill-would-make-building-up-levees-and-floodwalls-easier-in-response-to-changing-floods 

Jackson, Wyoming, bought a fleet of 8 EV buses – all now out of commission - $millions of federal subsidy dollars completely wasted in federal program including $945,178 to Wyoming – Solyndra all over again

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/electric-buses-purchased-from-bankrupt-company-no-longer-running/ar-AA1htdgx 

Comparing hydrogen & atomic bombs – H-bombs are “cleaner” than A-bombs – megatons not kilotons of explosive power

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hydrogen-bombs-vs-atomic-bombs-breaking-down-the-differences-in-how-they-work-how-much-they-cost-and-which-is-most-powerful/ar-AA1haHde 

Semi-truck crash leaked anhydrous ammonia on highway in Effingham County, Illinois – vapors may be deadly

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/multiple-fatalities-after-truck-crash-triggers-ammonia-leak/ar-AA1huLT7 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 2 October 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Repairing existing culvert & other infrastructure underneath the Coastal Trail on north side of Half Moon Bay

• https://www.hmbreview.com/news/work-shores-up-coastal-trail/article_d3264a60-5999-11ee-8a0b-07ebb3d163ec.html 

Maine environmental regulators seek to further limit coastal development to protect fragile sand dunes – new maps being generated

• https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2023-09-21/environmental-regulators-want-to-further-limit-coastal-development-to-protect-fragile-sand-dunes 
• Maps:  https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/pubs/mapuse/series/descrip-dunes.htm 

Japan objecting to survey buoy installed near Senkaku Islands by China – inconsistent with international law

• https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20230918-137246/ 
• https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/09/172d2979bcf8-japan-protests-after-china-sets-up-buoy-in-eez-near-senkakus.html 

Congressional oversight committee discussed proposed 770,000 square mile Pacific Islands marine sanctuary

• https://www.nationalfisherman.com/west-coast-pacific/pacific-islands-sanctuary-debated-at-house-hearing 

Russian Pacific Fleet holds military exercises off coast of Siberia near Alaska

• https://news.usni.org/2023/09/22/russian-pacific-fleet-holds-exercises-off-siberia-near-alaska 

US Army COE to barge in 36M gallons of fresh water daily to New Orleans & will raise underwater levee by 25 feet

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/23/us/freshwater-new-orleans-saltwater-mississippi-river/index.html 

Coastal homes in Florida may lose value as higher insurance premiums reflect hurricane disasters

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/florida-s-coastal-homes-may-lose-value-as-climate-fueled-storms-intensify-insurance-risk/ar-AA1heaPP 

Predicting it will take years for Sanibel Island to recover from Hurricane Ian that hit on 28 September 2022

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28092023/sanibel-recovery-from-hurricane-ian-years-in-the-making/ 

Miami-Dade County once again considering county canal system as alternative mode of transportation

• https://floridapolitics.com/archives/636049-miami-dade-again-floats-using-its-waters-to-curb-traffic/ 

West Coast of US lacks adequate port & supply chains needed to deploy floating wind farms

• https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2023/what-will-it-take-to-unlock-us-floating-offshore-wind-energy.html 

Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code – advice for visitors to the UK

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-and-coastal-wildlife-code/marine-and-coastal-wildlife-code-advice-for-visitors

Cost of “Ike Dike” coastal barrier project in Texas escalated another 68% - US Army COE now says $57 billion

• https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/28/texas-ike-dike-coastal-barrier-army-corps/ 

Will co-plan grids curb offshore wind costs along the East Coast?

• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-states-urged-co-plan-grids-curb-offshore-wind-costs-2023-09-28/ 
• Strategy:  https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/advancing-offshore-wind-energy-full-report.pdf 

$681M Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) advances to final $157.3M phase

• https://www.ajot.com/news/port-of-corpus-christi-ship-channel-improvement-project-advances-to-final-phase 

Second round of release of wastewater from Fukushima to start

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Second_round_of_Fukushima_wastewater_release_to_start_next_week_999.html

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Mapping and monitoring thermal areas of Yellowstone using high-resolution satellite images

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/using-high-resolution-commercial-satellite-images-help-map-and-monitor

Pink diamonds erupted after supercontinent Nuna broke apart – being mined at Argyle in Western Australia

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pink-diamonds-erupted-to-earths-surface-after-early-supercontinents-breakup/
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40904-8

Exploring the zone between the Sierra de La Demanda & the Sierra de Ubierna – Triassic lutites & evaporites

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-depths-sierra-de-atapuerca.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264817223003239

Using geological science to drive energy innovation

• https://news.okstate.edu/magazines/research/research-matters/articles/2023/fueling_the_future_using_geological_science_to_drive_energy_innovation.html

Monitoring water resources in karst topography in Cache Valley, Utah

• https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2023-09-19/cache-valleys-unique-karst-geology-makes-water-monitoring-a-necessity

Pennsylvania Geological Survey building web tool to map subsurface geology for potential CO2 storage

• https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2023/09/14/c02-storage-geologists-map/stories/202309140055

Rocks are anything but boring

• https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2023-09-14/la-tr-geology-nature-the-wild

Exploring the Black Hills for lithium

• https://listen.sdpb.org/business-economics/2023-09-18/how-geologists-are-searching-for-lithium-in-the-black-hills

Limestone Barrens & 6,000 years of history at Port Au Choix on the NW coast of Newfoundland

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/limestone-barrens-and-6000-years-human-history-port-au-choix

4^th filling of GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) of 24 Billion cubic meters concentrates a mass of 52.9 trillion pounds of water which could trigger seismic activity

• https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/127021/Size-of-Ethiopian-Dam-s-4th-filling-is-24B-cubic
• Abstract: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358233631_The_Exposure_or_Triggers_of_Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Dam_GERD_to_Seismic_Hazards_and_Vulnerability

3D geological model of Flat Bay Salt Project in SW Newfoundland

• https://www.thenewswire.com/press-releases/1AwGFxWdb-atco-mining-unveils-3d-geology-model-of-its-flat-bay-salt-project-in-southwestern-newfoundland.html

China issues geological disaster alerts for regions hit by heavy rains

• https://english.news.cn/20230919/87b162d0893a4abdb7c3bcac49e919d3/c.html

36-million-year cycle of marine biodiversity booms & busts matches plate tectonic movements

• https://eos.org/articles/shifts-in-tectonic-plates-change-biodiversity
• Paleobiology Database: https://paleobiodb.org/#/

50 years after the Bunker Hill bag-house fire – largest number of lead poisoning cases US history – what they don’t say is production was demanded by the US Government as minerals were needed for miliary in Vietnam implying instead that the Mine did it because of rising profit

• https://theconversation.com/50-years-after-the-bunker-hill-mine-fire-caused-one-of-the-largest-lead-poisoning-cases-in-us-history-idahos-silver-valley-is-still-at-risk-210452

Haboobs carry human-made toxic pollutants that impact outdoor & indoor air quality

• https://theconversation.com/desert-dust-storms-carry-human-made-toxic-pollutants-and-the-health-risk-extends-indoors-211481

Will asteroid Bennu hit Earth on 24 September 2182? Chances are low - 1,640-ft diameter asteroid impact could release 1,200 megatons of energy – a fraction of the impact of Chicxulub impact

• https://www.iflscience.com/is-bennu-really-going-to-hit-earth-on-september-24-2182-70735
• https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-spacecraft-provides-insight-into-asteroid-bennus-future-orbit
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103521002591

El Niño and La Niña

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-el-nio-la-nia.html
• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-long-lasting-la-nia-events-common.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01801-6

Identifying mantle discontinuities revealed by body wave microseisms emerging from ambient noise of the ocean

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-exploring-earth-mantle-microseisms.html
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL105017

New terrain smoothing method for modeling downslope winds

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-bridging-gap-terrain-smoothing-method.html

Extensive global impact of metal mining contamination of rivers and floodplains

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-global-reveals-extensive-impact-metal.html 

Why the Atlantic transports warm water to the Arctic along the Norwegian coast – thermal coupling & decoupling

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-riddle-varying-inflow-arctic.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00985-1

455 myo fossil fish from Colorado helps fill in gap in evolution of the skull to protect the brain

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-prehistoric-fish-million-year-gap.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06538-y

X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil dinosaur feathers

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1002299

Borelis matsudai – new species of large benthic foraminifera found in Ryukyu Islands of Japan

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001936
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018223003826?via%3Dihub 

New laser-based sampling system for composition of glacial ice cores

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001709
• Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/novel-laser-melting-sampler-for-discrete-subcentimeter-depthresolved-analyses-of-stable-water-isotopes-in-ice-cores/35D34D7A5FB26780120075D1BE2A17CD 

130 myo trace fossils from abyssal plain turbidites of ancient Tethys Ocean – deep sea vertebrates

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cretaceous-deep-sea-fish-trace-fossils-12278.html

Tyrannomimus fukuiensis – Early Cretaceous ostrich-mimic dinosaur discovered in Japan

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tyrannomimus-fukuiensis-12284.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40804-3

Beginning to clarify timing & causes of Ice Age mammal extinctions in Southern California – La Brea Tar Pits

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-zero-timing-causes-ice-age-mammal
• Abstract & illustrations: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3594

Drill site in Lorrain region of eastern France reveals rising levels of hydrogen mixed with methane

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/french-drillers-may-have-stumbled-upon-a-mammoth-hydrogen-deposit/

Lethal final meal preserved the only intact ammonite found in Posidonienschiefer Formation fossil bed

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/fishs-big-mistake-preserved-an-unusual-fossil-for-us/
• Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/death-by-ammonite-fatal-ingestion-of-an-ammonoid-shell-by-an-early-jurassic-bony-fish/B60DF47ED624AF34CB3F7CF54EFB15F3

 
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

AI to scan billions of public health records (an invasion of privacy?) to cherry pick drug trial patients (biasing trial results?) to reduce human trials and allow Big Pharma to put sell new pharmaceutical drugs – Do you really want to trust AI to “overestimate the success” of a drug? – isn’t that what they did with covid vaxx?

• https://www.reuters.com/technology/big-pharma-bets-ai-speed-up-clinical-trials-2023-09-22/

3 cases of highly contagious TB, along with malaria and dengue fever, confirmed in illegals cross US Southern Border – puts Americans at risk – “total wartime invasion” as more than 2.3 million illegals have crossed the border so far this year

• https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/22/report-three-cases-of-highly-contagious-tuberculosis-found-among-migrants-amid-record-breaking-surge/

Covid drugs creating super viruses – increasing rates of mutation – warning was issued in 2010 but they did not listen

• https://www.newsweek.com/covid-drugs-creating-super-virus-scientists-1829175
• 2010: https://www.medindia.net/news/some-antiviral-drugs-could-create-super-virus-63668-1.htm

Nuclear Educators Workshop developed “blueprint for educating next-generation engineers & scientist about nuclear waste management and disposal” – develop narratives – cannot dissolve the legacy of uranium mining and highly radioactive nuclear waste

• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X23001819

DEI is “superfluous or even damaging” and “considered to be un-collegial & bullying” – “race-conscious admissions to colleges were unconstitutional” – promoting based not on merit

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/bye-dei-don-t-let-the-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out/ar-AA1gSL5F

Chaos, corruption, building on a delta, and an aging dam hit by storm waters in Libya – Natural events are acts of God, disasters are acts of Man

• https://apnews.com/article/libya-derna-dams-collapse-floods-corruption-neglect-chaos-45f76d2ac76be634865539a27b518ada
• https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/middleeast/lethal-factors-leading-to-libya-floods-intl/index.html
• https://www.enr.com/articles/57112-causes-weighed-of-catastrophic-libya-dam-failure-that-killed-6-000

Warning of disease threat in Derna, Libya, following the flood

• https://www.voanews.com/a/un-warns-of-disease-threat-in-flood-hit-libyan-city-/7272903.html
• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libya-flood-after-week-families-haunted-by-fate-missing-2023-09-18/

Eco-restoration project would include removal of Fox River Dam near Elgin resulting in loss of function of intake system near Riverside water treatment plant in Illinois

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-dam-elgin-fox-river-water-supply-st-0915-20230914-wadyzs3jdbd4pb5zymavsu5tuy-story.html

Proposed legislation would allocate $100M annually to rehab & expand dilapidated International Wastewater Treatment Plant on Mexican border that continues to pollute nearby beaches in San Diego, California

• https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2023/09/12/rep-peters-seeks-100-million-annual-construction-funding-to-fix-south-bay-sewage-plant/
• SBIWTP: https://www.ibwc.gov/wastewater-treatment-plants/#sbiwtp

USDA announces $1.13B to plant trees – includes $6M to restore trees damaged by derecho in 2020 in Iowa

• https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/14/feds-pledge-more-than-1-billion-to-plant-trees-in-cities/

US DOD to fund analysis of design options leading to preliminary design for transportable micro-nuclear reactor to be used to initiate regulatory preapplication process

• https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dod-x-energy-enhanced-design-mobile-micro-nuclear-reactor/693797/

Contract awarded for front-end engineering & design work & construction timeline for $3.5B natural gas to liquid fuel facility in Jefferson County, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River

• https://www.energyportal.eu/news/3-5b-natural-gas-to-fuel-facility-project-in-jefferson-county-nears-reality/277394/

Pure Water project is in phase one of construction – will be “toilet to tap” recycling of wastewater in San Diego

• https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/it-has-never-been-toilet-to-tap-water-technologists-say-new-project-double-recycled-wastewater/509-bbabed0c-06e1-4039-99ac-6a04a0f3b801

Variation in chemical & pharmaceutical contaminants in the rivers of London during the Plandemic resulting primarily from wastewater treatment plants & combined sewer overflows – illicit drugs & neonicotinoid pesticides

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-river-sampling-impact-covid-pandemic.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202300483X

Online dashboard for tracking 1,600 funded projects under the $13B of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act

• https://www.americancityandcounty.com/2023/09/15/online-dashboard-from-nlc-tracks-1600-projects-funded-through-the-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act/
• Interactive Dashboard: https://www.nlc.org/resource/rebuilding-america-tracking-federal-investment-in-local-infrastructure-projects/#main

US BLM proposal to protect 4,000+ acres within Placitas area of Sandoval County, New Mexico, to safeguard sacred Tribal lands, support local recreation opportunities & wildlife habitat connectivity

• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOI/bulletins/3710cae
• Proposal: https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/2026585/200564167/20085910/250092092/BLML000415-Draft-Federal-Register-Notice_Notice-of-Proposed-Withdrawal-and-Public-Meeting-NM.pdf

Do you want to get a vaxx that has been approved without clinical trials? Can you really trust Big Pharma “evaluation of manufacturing data” or not since covid is “no longer a Public Health Emergency?”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/concerns-raised-as-fda-approves-covid-vaccines-without-clinical-trials/ar-AA1gEGI3

Big Pharma beginning to get the message – global demand for vaxx has plummeted – pandemic is over

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/moderna-to-wind-down-covid-vaccine-production/ar-AA1gXyKn

More totally dumb humans get too close to massive bison in Yellowstone & suffers consequences

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/yellowstone-tourist-suffers-consequences-getting-093000137.html
• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/enraged-bison-sends-six-yellowstone-100218110.html 

More tourons behaving badly

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/photos-reveal-infuriating-moment-tourists-063000585.html

Promises that new Anacostia River Tunnel will prevent 98% of sewer overflows into the river in Washington DC

• https://dcist.com/story/23/09/18/new-anacostia-river-tunnel-online-sewage-overflows/ 

Revised US Army COE plan to limit growth of newly created Neptune Pass along the Mississippi River

• https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/new-plan-takes-shape-for-mississippi-river-pass/article_4e5a9323-28eb-5b03-bb80-2208f8c2dd22.html

Trying to develop a treaty on pandemic prevention & preparedness is futile – what is needed is a treaty to prevent future politically motivated plandemics and ineffective vaccines that cause detrimental health impacts

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02904-y

Wetlands at Long’s Park in Pennsylvania is $1.9M innovative water treatment system

• https://www.abc27.com/local-news/longs-park-cuts-ribbon-on-new-wetlands-feature/

Biden administration stone-walling on efforts to recover billions of taxpayer-funded covid fraud – SBA cites at least $200B

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/doesn-t-care-biden-stonewalls-effort-against-pandemic-fraud/ar-AA1gYdmB

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe rejects draft EIS of the Dakota Access Pipeline – US Army COE seeking public comment on Draft EIS by 13 November 2023

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-rejects-dapl-environmental-impact-statement
• https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/Dam-and-Lake-Projects/Oil-and-Gas-Development/Dakota-Access-Pipeline/
• Draft EIS download link: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16021coll7/id/24595

Ultra-processed foods which constitute more than 58% of US diet are harmful to your health

• https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/what-can-we-do-about-ultraprocessed-foods/
• https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/what-can-we-do-about-ultraprocessed-foods
• Paper: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-nutr-062220-030123

People gather who identify as dogs:  ‘Canine Beings’ – call out animal control! – “Cult-thinking is ubiquitous in normal society and has the effect of obfuscating reality”

• https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/people-who-identify-as-dogs-gather-in-berlin-prompting-calls-for-animal-control-4408339
• https://humanjourney.us/blog/cult-thinking-finding-the-right-way-home/

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 25 September 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford.

Bioluminescent waves along southern California coast

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bioluminescent-waves-red-tide-algae-bloom-southern-california-coastal-waters/

6 of the best coastal rail journeys

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/best-coastal-rail-train-journeys-in-the-world

Policy progress & challenges of coastal waterbird conservation in China

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-advancing-coastal-waterbird-china-policy.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205371662300049X

Study says “Coastal communities to face 100-year floods annually” – nothing new here since the concept of 100-year flood means 1% chance of flooding in a year - does NOT mean flooding only occurs once every 100 years

• https://interestingengineering.com/science/study-coastal-communities-to-face-100-year-floods-annually
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230913122646.htm
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003649

California Coastal Commission approved Coastal Development Permit for Pillar Point Harbor sand dredging

• https://www.hmbreview.com/news/coastal-commission-approves-harbor-dredging-project/article_cff5a130-523f-11ee-9ca7-132f7cdd078b.html

Understanding coastal droughts – how they differ from inland locations

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001241
• Part I Paper: https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/olar.0016
• Part II Paper: https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/olar.0017

Marking the 104^th anniversary of the 1919 Hurricane in Corpus Christi, Texas

• https://www.kristv.com/coastal-bend-history/the-coastal-bend-remembers-the-104th-anniversary-of-the-1919-hurricane

$111.7M Bayfront Parkway Central Corridor Improvement Project to link downtown with Lake Erie Waterfront

• https://transportationtodaynews.com/news/31301-bayfront-parkway-central-corridor-improvement-construction-project-to-strengthen-connection-between-downtown-erie-waterfront/

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District to study feasibility of harvesting drinking water from desalination pods placed on the ocean floor off the coast of California

• https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-09-19/are-seafloor-desalination-pods-the-answer-to-drought

Pending legislation in California – Eco Wave Power Global AB directs California Energy Commission to evaluate feasibility, costs & benefits of wave & tidal energy along 840-mile coastline

• https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/ocean_energy/wave-energy-legislation-unanimously-passes-california-legislature-20230920

Salt water wedge in lower Mississippi River – obviously the $8.9M underwater sill that was built is not working to slow progression of salt water caused by over-pumping of freshwater

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/saltwater-wedge-in-mississippi-river-sparks-state-of-emergency/ar-AA1h7REO
• https://www.nola.com/news/environment/saltwater-in-mississippi-river-will-require-a-higher-sill/article_f031d068-53d9-11ee-83d7-1fd09d551985.html

$2.6B coastal storm protection plan for Norfolk, Virginia

• https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/aecom-led-jv-wins-role-on-2-6bn-flood-scheme-for-norfolk-virginia/

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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 September 2023

This will be a great one! I'll see you there! Info here.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 18 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Reporting seismic activity associated with volcanoes

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/why-do-volcano-observatories-describe-seismic-activity-so-differently 

Too many dead bodies cause tourist board in Nepal to raise cost of permit to climb Mount Everest

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/cost-to-climb-mount-everest-is-skyrocketing-because-people-keep-dying/ar-AA1gvdVx

Earth fissures resulting from over-pumping groundwater continue to damage infrastructure & threaten lives

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/the-us-has-pumped-so-much-groundwater-that-it-s-literally-splitting-the-ground-open-across-the-american-southwest/ar-AA1gyQjr 

Kilauea erupts yet again, viewing areas are closed, but tourist ignore safety precautions & warnings

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/kilauea-volcano-update-warning-issued-as-tourists-flock-to-summit/ar-AA1gBtPU 

Rockfalls on the Eiger and the Matterhorn

• https://explorersweb.com/rockfalls-eiger-matterhorn/

Explaining earthquakes – just ask the UN? Or get a more science-based explanation

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/what-causes-an-earthquake-here-are-the-different-types-of-earthquakes-and-why-they-occur/ar-AA1gxMd0 
• https://theconversation.com/why-the-earth-quakes-a-closer-look-at-whats-going-on-under-the-ground-213337 

Using records of 12th and 13th Century eclipses to date volcanic eruptions

• https://eos.org/articles/eclipse-records-pin-dates-of-12th-and-13th-century-eruptions 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05751-z

Computational models may help identify composition & volume of magmas during continental rift evolution

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/uncovering-mantle-heterogeneities-beneath-drifting-continents 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JB027072

Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary off the central coast of California

• https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1197775310/this-could-soon-be-a-first-of-its-kind-marine-sanctuary 

Using seismometers to measure fluvial bedload transport

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/seismometers-listening-at-rivers-to-measure-sediment-transport 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF007000

If conditions in Antarctica recur “once every 7.5 million years” then it is not “unprecedented”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/a-once-every-7-5-million-years-event-is-currently-unfolding-in-antarctica-to-say-unprecedented-isn-t-strong-enough/ar-AA1f6rP5

Latest IPCC diatribe on ocean & cryosphere in a changing climate – more “man-made global warming” hype

• https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/ 

Can salt caverns be used for hydrogen storage? – Engineers think so

• https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2023/09/what-makes-a-salt-cavern-useful-for-hydrogen-storage

Earthquake lights reported just prior to M6.8 earthquake in Morocco

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/strange-lights-spotted-in-morocco-earthquake-videos-may-be-a-phenomenon-reported-for-centuries-scientists-say/ar-AA1gHXUO 

Using polarization patterns of daylight to locate true north – skylight polarization due to Raleigh scattering

• https://eos.org/articles/true-north-strong-and-free-and-better-oriented 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304847120

Visualizing mining footprint in British Columbia, Canada

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/visualizing-minings-footprint-in-british-columbia/ 

“Melting ice likely triggered climate change 8,000+ years ago” – how about the ice melted in response to changes in the climate and ocean currents & melt waters draining into the Ocean affected the AMOC?

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ice-triggered-climate-years.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000515 

Nonlinear energy processes may shape zonal asymmetry observed in El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) induced Pacific-North American (PNA) wave trains

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-complexity-enso-teleconnections-nonlinear-energy.html
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL105277 

Patterns & history of freshwater gastropod evolution from Carboniferous to the Late Pleistocene Ice Age

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001602
• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.13016 

Seasonal cycle in Antarctic sea ice algae

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001398
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-023-01475-0 

Dominant source of atmospheric mercury in the Arctic is from Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ)

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001525
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40660-9 

Greatest historic fire death toll followed 1923 M7.9 Kantō earthquake in & around Tokyo, Japan

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001328

When the Sahara Desert was periodically green over the past 800,000 years

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230913122641.htm 
• Paper:   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41219-4 

Flowering plants survived relatively unscathed from the mass extinction event 66 myo

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230912192432.htm 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0314 

Pampaphoneus biccai – oldest & largest predator in South America – 265 myo fossil

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001178 

Langiella scourfieldii - photosynthesizing cyanobacteria emerged onto land from the ocean 400 myo

• https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-organism-crawled-onto-land-over-400-million-years-ago 
• Paper:  https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)01415-3

Vectidromeus insularis – new species of Early Cretaceous bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/vectidromeus-insularis-12266.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123002355 

Igai semkhu – new genus & species of Late Cretaceous titanosaurian dinosaur discovered in Egypt

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/igai-semkhu-12251.html
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2199810 

Groundwater quality in abandoned underground coal mine aquifers in West Virginia

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/groundwater-quality-abandoned-underground-coal-mine-aquifers-across-west-virginia 
• USGS SIR 2023-5091:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5091/sir20235091.pdf

Applying environmental age tracers to south-central Texas Edwards aquifer to determine karst groundwater vulnerability to land-surface contamination

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/karst-groundwater-vulnerability-determined-modeled-age-and-residence-time-tracers 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL102853 

“Why geologists love to lick rocks” belatedly awarded Ig Noble Prize

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2023/09/16/essay-explaining-why-geologists-love-to-lick-rock-wins-ig-noble-prize/ 

Eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in January 2022 may be “to blame” for ‘record’ world temperatures

• https://www.gulf-times.com/article/668437/opinion/why-is-2023-so-hot-a-rare-pacific-volcano-is-among-the-suspects 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 18 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Mad scrambling to over-allocate an over-allocated Colorado River

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10092023/colorado-river-upstream-use-it-before-they-lose-it-2/

95% of wristbands of smartwatches contaminated with disease-causing bacteria – none on gold & silver bands

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-issue-health-warning-to-anyone-who-wears-a-smartwatch/ar-AA1gyL5P 
• Paper:  https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=125218

Rectifying bad law in California that took away patient ability to make decisions - unconstitutionality

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/controversial-law-punishing-doctors-who-spread-covid-misinformation-on-track-to-be-undone/ar-AA1gxKJf 

Forcing a vote that would effectively prohibit California & other states from implementing planned EV mandates

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-to-force-floor-vote-reversing-california-s-electric-vehicle-mandate/ar-AA1gzf8K 

Biden agrees to pay $6 billion ransom to Iran for 5 US hostages

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-agrees-to-pay-6-billion-ransom-to-iran-for-five-us-hostages/ar-AA1gzwW4

Humans breeding mini-cows for pets – genetic problems, expensive, safety concerns & local zoning laws

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/there-are-fluffy-miniature-cows-you-can-own-as-a-pet-and-they-are-adorable/ar-AA1gzwr1 

Cannabis users have elevated levels of lead & cadmium in blood & urine – Cd linked to kidney disease & lung cancer – Pb unhealthy at any level

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cannabis-users-have-much-more-lead-and-cadmium-in-their-blood-and-urine-study-finds/ar-AA1g4pZX
• Paper:  https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP12074 

55-year-old Virginia hiker dies after attempting rim-to-rim hike of Grand Canyon in one day – that’s 23.9 miles descending 6,000 feet and then ascending 4,500 feet in the heat of summer

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/grand-canyon-hiker-dies-attempting-to-trek-from-south-rim-to-north-rim-in-single-day/ar-AA1gBoOW 

Common household products (even those claiming to be “green”) contain VOCs that can cause cancer

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/household-cleaning-wipes-sprays-may-040101237.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653523018374 

Once again expanded development is impinging on prime wildlife habitat – cougars on Olympic Peninsula

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13092023/crowding-out-cougars/ 

Bad policies lead to adverse economic impacts – increased inflation, slower economic growth, fewer jobs

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/inflation-surges-above-expectations-despite-fed-s-rate-hikes/ar-AA1gEUme

“Alarming increase” in suicide rates on Chippewa Cree Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/montana-native-american-tribe-declares-emergency-over-alarming-increase-in-suicide-rates-on-reservation/ar-AA1gFaRc

Visualizing the sources of electricity that powered the world in 2022

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/electricity-sources-by-fuel-in-2022/  

Visualizing the deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/deadliest-earthquakes-21st-century/ 

Marijuana is not a panacea – it is not harmless – “marijuana use disorder” – impacts fetal development

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/brutal-marijuana-studies-now-emerging-it-should-never-have-been-fully-legalized/ar-AA1gGs66 
• Paper:  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2808874 

Book Review:  Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet – from “massive squishings’ to habitat fragmentation

• https://www.npr.org/2023/09/11/1198822462/from-massive-squishings-to-the-insect-apocalypse-roads-are-terrorizing-nature 

Cratering demand for EVs causing worker layoffs

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/vw-lays-off-workers-at-key-ev-factory-over-cratering-demand/ar-AA1gHxh7 

Latest IPCC diatribe on the ocean & cryosphere in changing climate – more “man-made global warming” hype

• https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/ 

Federal judge declares DACA is illegal – refuses to order deportation – half million+ illegal aliens applied – nearly 200,000 illegals released into US after giving false addresses 

• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-declares-daca-illegal-again-issue-likely-to-be-decided-by-supreme-court   
• https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dhs-illegal-migrants-border/2023/09/12/id/1134128/ 

Perspective:  UN Sustainable Development Goals to “save humanity” are ambitious – but no goals are set to be achieved by 2030

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02844-7 

Perspective on the Corporate-Practice of Medicine (CPOM) – it is a business not health care

• https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2306904?query=TOC&cid=NEJM+eToc%2C+September+14%2C+2023+DM2283617_NEJM_Non_Subscriber&bid=1797021133 

Energy Department Secretary gets dose of reality while making 4-day tour in EV

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/granholm-electric-vehicle-nightmare-makes-case-for-reversing-california-mandate/ar-AA1gGE6Z 

New BA.2.86 Pirola variant is a “paper tiger” – “the scariant of the moment” while Florida Surgeon General opposes CDC vaxx recommendation & warns against vaxx for those under age 65 – “vaccines are not backed by clinical evidence” - 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-covid-variant-is-a-paper-tiger-infectious-disease-expert/ar-AA1gFOvK   
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/florida-surgeon-general-opposes-cdc-s-covid-vaccine-recommendation/ar-AA1gINjY 
• https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4203200-desantis-and-top-fla-health-official-warn-against-covid-shots-for-people-under-65/ 

Explosion at UP Bailey Railyard in western Nebraska causes heavy toxic smoke and prompts evacuations

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/explosion-at-world-s-largest-railyard-in-nebraska-prompts-evacuations-because-of-heavy-toxic-smoke/ar-AA1gJtCS 

CDC confirms:  vaxx prevents death in only 1 out of six million doses in 12 to 17 year olds & can cause 100,000 to 200,000 severe side effects

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cdc-confirms-covid-19-vaccine-prevents-death-in-only-1-out-of-1-million/ar-AA1gKiHs 

USDA announces updated National Plan for Wildlife Rabies Management

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/sa-2023/wildlife-rabies-action-plan 
• Plan:  https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/oral_rabies/downloads/national-plan-wildlife-rabies-management-23-27.pdf 

Murders on Staten Island soar 129% so far this year – major crimes up in every category – migrant crisis on the island – crime due to “misguided and harmful policies visited upon us by outside forces”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/murders-in-staten-island-soar-129-so-far-in-2023-wholly-unacceptable/ar-AA1gOrPc 

Nippah virus outbreak in India – Nippah has case fatality rate of 40% to 75% compared to <1.5% for covid

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/india-racing-contain-deadly-nipah-163824003.html

Trying to save the Joshua tree ravaged by York Fire in Mojave National Preserve in California

• https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/09/07/1196581569/climate-change-wildfire-joshua-tree-mojave-national-preserve 

Cost of invasive species impacts on crops, wildlife & human health estimated by UN at $423B per year

• https://theconversation.com/invasive-species-cause-billions-of-dollars-in-damage-worldwide-4-essential-reads-212924 
• Report Summary:  https://zenodo.org/record/8314303 

EPA experts including “key dioxin scientist” were not consulted until month after East Palestine train derailment

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/epa-east-palestine-derailment-dioxins-foia-emails_n_65030f7ee4b04e47fed4fa5a 

Watching hawk migration at Glacier National Park in Montana during Mount Brown Hawk Watch Program on 14 October near Lake McDonald Lodge

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/watching-hawk-migration-glacier-national-park 

Toxicity of particulate matter (PM2.5) involves both chemical composition (OOA) & alveolar cell reactions

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-toxicity-atmospheric-particulate-pollution.html 
• Paper:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03641

Overdose deaths from fentanyl-laced stimulants (i.e, cocaine & meth) have risen 50X since 2010 in the US and drug-overdose deaths have quadrupled from 1999 to 2020

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001209 
• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001168 
• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16318

Database tracking indicates cars, chlamydia and canines are devastating South East Queensland koalas

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230915105618.htm 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40827-w

Sexually transmitted HPV causing epidemic of oropharyngeal (i.e., throat) cancer in the US & UK

• https://www.sciencealert.com/throat-cancer-is-becoming-an-epidemic-and-sex-could-be-why 

World’s deadliest disease?  Hint:  It is not a virus – it is a prion (TSE)

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/kuru-the-world-s-deadliest-disease-with-a-near-100-fatality-rate/ar-AA1gMBI1 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board  - 18 September 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanfoprd

Hurricane Idalia blamed for spill of mostly raw sewage at Pelican Harbor wastewater treatment facility

• https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2023/09/08/hurricane-idalia-floodwater-sewage-leak-pollution-contamination-tampa-bay/ 

Visualizing seaport trade traffic by country – top 10

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/seaport-trade-traffic/ 

Record-breaking turtle nesting season on Treasure Coast beaches

• https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/2023/09/12/sea-turtle-nesting-season-is-breaking-records-across-treasure-coast/70797155007/ 

Rare influx of Aequorea victoria "crystal jelly" off coast of Cornwall

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-66776243 

The estuaries and rivers of the North Coast of California

• https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/ca-north-coast/ 

Major cliff falls attract fossil hunters but risks remain to humans – some fatalities to Jurassic Coast of Dorset

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-66619300

Intercepted ship-to-ship transfer raises questions of sanction, pollution & international law within EEZ

• https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/sticky-case-of-indonesia-seized-iranian-oil-tanker-and-legal-jurisdiction
• https://lieber.westpoint.edu/russias-interdiction-neutral-merchant-vessels-law-sea/

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate announces new edition of continental shelf map 

• https://www.energy-pedia.com/news/norway/npd-announces-new-edition-of-the-continental-shelf-map-192641 
• Map download link:  https://www.npd.no/en/whats-new/publications/Maps-of-the-ncs/ 
• Map:  https://www.npd.no/globalassets/1-npd/publikasjoner/kart/historiske-sokkelkart/pdf/sokkelkart-2023.png 

US Dept of Interior publishes final well control rule to help prevent catastrophic offshore blowouts

• https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-department-of-the-interior-9365498/ 
• Final rule:  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/23/2023-17847/oil-and-gas-and-sulfur-operations-in-the-outer-continental-shelf-blowout-preventer-systems-and-well 

Storm surge can modify bathymetry in near-coast seabed

• https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/weather/2023/09/07/bathymetry--a-lesser-known-factor-for-storm-surge 

Oil & gas industry in the North Sea also benefits much of Europe

• https://www.rigzone.com/news/north_sea_oil_and_gas_blooms-11-sep-2023-173944-article/ 

A scheme for modular underwater living

• https://skift.com/blog/ideas-deep-unveils-ambitious-vision-for-modular-underwater-living/ 

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) off the coasts of El Cuyo on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico

• https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/09/whalesharks-surprise-fishermen-off-the-coasts-of-el-cuyo/ 

Panama Canal seeking “new” source of water to regulate artificial reservoir Gatun Lake 

• https://www.barrons.com/news/panama-seeks-new-sources-of-water-for-canal-418e8990 

Pilot test for short-term geothermal energy storage – may be cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries & pumped hydro

• https://www.utilitydive.com/news/sage-geosystems-geothermal-energy-storage-pilot/693494/ 

Proposed plant in Southwest Washington may convert surplus food into energy

• https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/sep/13/facility-planned-for-longview-will-convert-surplus-food-into-carbon-negative-renewable-energy/ 

US EPA to throw $100M at recycling initiative

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-epa-launches-major-recycling-initiative-with-100-million-grants-2023-09-13/ 

Escalating costs & inflation have hampered offshore wind development

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14092023/inside-clean-energy-offshore-wind-projects-rising-interest-rates/ 

Ocean Explorer expedition cruise ship ran aground in Alpefjord in NE Greenland National Park - pulled loose by research vessel Tarajoq – all on board safe & no environmental damage

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/expedition-cruise-ship-carrying-206-freed-after-running-aground-in-greenland/ar-AA1gFwlX 

Boat strikes pier & seawall in Bar Harbor, Maine, pushed by waves from Tropical Storm Lee - video

• https://www.foxweather.com/watch/play-6a4ce30a100102c 

History of whaling in Red Bay, Labrador at Red Bay National Historic Site

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/delving-red-bays-whaling-history-labrador 

Surveying public support for combatting nutrient depletion of coastal waters in Seto Inland Sea in Japan – oligotrophication due to lack of nitrogen & phosphorous

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001401 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569123003551

"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day." - A.A. Milne

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 11 September 2023

We now call 9/11 'Patriot Day'. For me, it will always be the day my younger sister Ann (holding a wombat) was murdered by five Saudi Arabian terrorists who crashed her plane into the Pentagon. Ann Campana Judge was the Travel Director for the National Geographic Society. She and a colleague were escorting grammar-school children and their teachers from the DC area to meet others in LA to see various natural environments in the area. They were on AA #77 that was flying from Dulles Airport to LAX.  

Here's a special tune.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 11 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

M6.8 earthquake in Morocco is deadly and destroys buildings near Marrakech – aftershocks expected – Atlas Mountains are tectonic hot spot

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/powerful-earthquake-strikes-morocco-causing-230758164.html 
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kufc/executive 
• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-morocco-quake-area-aftershocks-expert.html 
• https://www.dw.com/en/earthquakes-come-often-in-moroccos-atlas-mountains/a-66766929 
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/09/09/morocco-earthquake-updates-more-than-1000-dead-photos-of-aftermath/70809793007/ 

Pacific meridional overturning circulation in Miocene to early Pleistocene resulted in present-day circulation

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/pleistocene-conveyer-belt-in-the-pacific
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000853

Low-frequency earthquakes are incident to larger magnitude slow earthquakes in which aseismic slip dominates

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/low-frequency-quakes-have-modest-effect-on-slow-earthquake-cycle 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000848 

Hot spots in the contiguous US for the occurrence of sinkholes

1. https://eos.org/articles/where-the-ground-gives-way 
2. Paper:  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1207689/full 

A much smaller Greenland ice cap existed 416,000 years ago – Greenland was green

• https://eos.org/articles/greenland-was-much-greener-416000-years-ago 

Visualizing Antarctic sea ice in 2023 – short term variations in ice extent

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/antarctica-sea-ice-loss-2023/ 

Crack in granite on west side of Royal Arches exfoliation dome formation near “Super Slide” forces closure of climbing route in Yosemite

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climbing-area-at-yosemite-national-park-closed-due-to-crack-in-granite/ar-AA1gnzDQ

Fragmentation of Tibetan Empire 1,200 years ago attributed to abrupt onset of severe drought

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-paleolimnological-attributes-tibetan-empire-collapse.html 
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379123003281?via%3Dihub

Some insights on Antarctic Sea Ice and the manipulation of data

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rziqjEzbOdE

Making a “baby glacier” in Pakistan – yeah, right, this will work

• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/09/03/1195879794/a-glacier-baby-is-born-mating-glaciers-to-replace-water-lost-to-climate-change 

50-foot-long silver “monster” encountered in Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang Region of NW China – Here be dragons

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mysterious-50-foot-monster-spotted-in-lake-in-china/ar-AA1gemu8 

Understanding the paradox of Himalayan glacier melt

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-unraveling-paradox-himalayan-glacier.html 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL104389

150 myo Fujiavenator prodigiosus may help fill in the gap for the evolution of birds – evolutionary mosaicism

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000320 

New insights into the evolution of plant biology – episodic bursts

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230905125010.htm 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-023-01513-x 

How marine life copes with hurricanes

• https://www.sciencealert.com/what-happens-to-animals-in-the-ocean-during-a-hurricane 

Lumakoala blackae - New Oligocene species of early Koala relative

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/lumakoala-blackae-12244.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-41471-0 

Plesiosaur long necks evolved very rapidly

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/chusaurus-xiangensis-12238.html   
• Paper:  https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-023-02150-w 

Six billion tonnes of sand & sediment extracted from the ocean every year

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Six_bn_tonnes_of_sand_extracted_from_worlds_oceans_each_year_UN_999.html 

Valencia County, Oppenheimer & uranium geology

• https://news-bulletin.com/geology-landscapes-of-valencia-county-an-oppenheimer-and-uranium-geologic-connection-with-valencia-county/   

Active landslide season in Utah

• https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-geological-survey-reports-busiest-landslide-season-since-2011-fruit-heights-draper-mountain-100-more-slides-than-usual-subdivision-director-bill-keach 

Impacts of the M7.8 earthquake in Turkey & Syria

• https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2023/turkey-earthquakes 
• GEER Report:  https://geerassociation.org/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/GEER_2023_Turkey_Earthquake_FullReport_ReducedSize.pdf 
• GEER Report on Geotechnical Engineering Effects:  https://geerassociation.org/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/Phase%203%20Turkiye%20Earthquake%20Report_v3.pdf 

Field excursion to Long Valley, California – Long Valley Caldera, Bishop Tuff

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/calvo/news/usgs-volcano-scientists-visit-long-valley

Chevron starts drilling in expanded area of Bibiyana Gas Field

• https://www.daily-sun.com/post/710337/Chevron-starts-drilling-in-Bibiyana-gas-field%E2%80%99s-expanded-area 

Ancient oceanic floor lithosphere may wrap around the Core

• https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-core-appears-to-be-wrapped-in-an-ancient-unexpected-structure 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4838

Perspective:  Engineering geological survey should be conducted prior to building a home in Utah

• https://news.yahoo.com/opinion-building-homes-geological-dangers-140000237.html 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 11 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

New research shows “direct link” between GHG emissions & polar bear decline – But loss of Arctic sea ice has STALLED since 2008 – many drivers of biodiversity loss

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03092023/research-link-between-emissions-polar-bear-decline/ 
• Abstract:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh2280 
• Atlantification:  https://phys.org/news/2023-09-atlantification-arctic-ocean.html
• Multiple biodiversity drivers:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm9982 

Using the wrong paradigm – covid is not a seasonal virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/covid-isn-t-seasonal-so-why-are-covid-booster-shots/ar-AA1g1Z6H 

Fauci worried people won’t treat CDC recommendations as mandates – “little to no” evidence that large-scale masking is effective at preventing spread of the virus – masks cause physical & developmental issues in children

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fauci-says-he-worries-americans-won-t-listen-to-future-mask-recommendations-from-cdc/ar-AA1gb4N8 
• https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-research-finds-little-to-no-evidence-masks-effectively-lessened-covid-spread/
• Paper:  https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full 

Covid pandemic fraud – just how much was stolen & how much money has been recovered?

• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-results-nationwide-covid-19-fraud-enforcement-action 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-demand-answers-garland-covid-relief-fraud-rcna102298 
• https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/29/covid-fraud-gang-allegedly-stole-millions-to-pay-for-murder-guns-drugs.html 
• To report fraud:  https://home.treasury.gov/services/report-fraud-waste-and-abuse/covid-19-scams 

Covid fear-mongering & falsehoods back in the liberal main stream media – masks do not stop the virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/covid-fearmongering-and-falsehoods-are-back-in-liberal-media/ar-AA1gowve
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/masks-don-t-work-against-covid-19-and-dr-fauci-should-stop-talking/ar-AA1glX7X 

Groundwater & petroleum – outline & download link

• https://gw-project.org/books/groundwater-and-petroleum/

Wildlife or hot springs or being dumb human pose hazards to tourists

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/which-more-hazardous-yellowstone-visitors-wildlife-or-hot-springs

California has spent $600M+ for environmental reviews of incomplete high-speed rail line – 78 miles have still not received full environmental approval – history of delays & budget overruns

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-spent-more-than-600-million-on-environmental-reviews-for-high-speed-rail-line-that-isn-t-built-yet/ar-AA1gbZsc

“Transableism” is the new “abyss” – a “delusional disorder” 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/transableism-is-the-new-abyss-people-are-choosing-to-identify-as-handicapped-and-it-is-as-messed-up-as-it-sounds/ss-AA1gehd8 

Wantonly sacrificing the countryside at the altar of “net zero”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/our-countryside-is-being-wantonly-sacrificed-at-the-altar-of-net-zero/ar-AA1geD03 

More than 1,600 scientists declare climate “emergency” is a myth – no cause for panic & alarm – need to strongly oppose “net zero policy” 

• https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis 

Leading academic journals tend to favor climate papers that support preapproved narratives – reject those that don’t & media manipulates the truth

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-scientist-says-media-manipulates-truth-about-global-warming/ss-AA1ghCbT
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12482921/climate-scientist-patrick-brown-wildfires-started-people.html 

Latest chapter of climate fiction – “the climate Chicken Littles are wrong again”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/cal-thomas-more-climate-fiction/ar-AA1gfnmG

Start with a bad assumption to create policy that may be costly and of minimal effectiveness

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05092023/medical-toolkit-for-climate-resiliency/ 

Is the Tesla Supercharger still being powered by a diesel plant?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-dark-side-of-tesla-s-largest-supercharger-is-a-diesel-generator-still-powering-it/ar-AA1gfYP2 

Serious questions still unanswered about the Chinese underground biolab in Reedley, California – cultures of tuberculosis, dengue, HIV, covid & malaria – “risk group 2 & 3”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/disturbing-california-biolab-shrouded-in-mystery-as-china-links-emerge/ar-AA1ggnqJ 

First Peoples 3:  States, Feds and the First People Go Fishing

• https://sibleysrivers.com/first-peoples-3-states-feds-and-the-first-people-go-fishing/ 

On-going outbreak of meningococcal disease across Virginia reports total of 27 cases

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/virginia-experiencing-statewide-outbreak-meningococcal-202335355.html 

Warning of potential for drinking water crisis in 5 cities

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/us/water-infrastructure-failure-us-cities-climate/index.html 

Grand Canyon National Park re-implementing mandatory water conservation measures for the South Rim – concessions must switch to disposable dishes & utensils

• https://apnews.com/article/water-conservation-measures-grand-canyon-south-rim-77e85af9d1fde91890f4965474be7797 
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/water-conservation-measures-ordered-grand-canyons-south-rim 

Proposed legislation in Pennsylvania would classify produced water as hazardous waste & would require toxicity testing of wastewater, mine tailings & runoff from landfills

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/pennsylvania-bills-would-regulate-produced-water-as-hazardous/ 

Agribusiness Cargill in crosshairs for connections to deforestation in Bolivia

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/agribusiness-giant-cargill-is-in-activists-crosshairs-for-its-connections-to-deforestation-in-bolivia/ 
• Link to report:  https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/empty-promises-cargill-soy/ 

Elk rut has begun in Jasper National Park – tourists beware & keep a safe distance

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/elk-rut-underway-jasper-national-park 

Ethical and moral?  Human embryo models grown from stem cells

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-human-embryo-grown-stem-cells.html 

Universal pattern of how many species are common, very rare, or somewhere in between

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000325 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02173-y

Large increases in ER visits for traffic injuries involving cannabis in Ontario, Canada

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000383 

Corruption is a way of doing things in the swamp – affects all our society in many ways

• https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/whistleblower-concerns-about-hunter-biden-firms-first-surfaced 

Fighting invasive species is a very expensive, futile, uphill battle

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rethinking-the-war-on-invasive-species/ar-AA1gnJXr 
• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/World_losing_high-stakes_fight_against_alien_species_999.html 
• Assessment Summary:  https://zenodo.org/record/8314303 
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/invasive-species-cost-humans-423bn-each-year-and-threaten-worlds-diversity-aoe 
• Rabbits in AUS:  https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cute_but_calamitous_Australia_labours_under_rabbit_numbers_999.html 
• Phragmites in Macomb County:  https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/09/06/how-macomb-county-is-fighting-an-invasive-species-to-make-roads-safer-for-drivers/ 
• Fire ants in Virginia:  https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/09/04/fire-ants-head-west-in-virginia-2nd-invasive-species-spotted/ 
• Jimsonweed in New England:  https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2023/09/07/jimsonweed-toxic-nh-invasive-species-watch-list/70766856007/ 

Class action lawsuit against DuPont & Chemours for PFAS forever chemicals

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/DuPont_and_Chemours_sued_in_Dutch_forever_chemicals_case_999.html 

Feds announce will overturn sales of O&G leases in ANWR – unlawful action

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/biden-to-cancel-alaskan-arctic-oil-drilling-rights-sold-by-trump-1.1967989 
• https://apnews.com/article/alaska-arctic-refuge-oil-gas-leases-interior-318dcc3f2d5b104a800bf3ba48e764b7
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-under-fire-for-unlawful-cancellation-of-oil-leases-as-prices-hit-highest-point-of-2023/ar-AA1goOTd 

Carbon capture pipeline project denied key construction permit in South Dakota – following example of ND

• https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-665a20269d43d4aff5944969f869bb03 

Burning Man organizers have 3 weeks to clean up apocalyptic expanse of abandoned cars and other debris left behind in the Black Rock Desert

• https://fortune.com/2023/09/06/burning-man-cleanup-flood-mud/ 
• https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934431/the-burning-man-2023-mud-cleanup-playa-pollution 

Trying to mitigate the impacts of over-tourism at Lake Tahoe – “Keep Tahoe Blue”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/the-monster-that-feeds-and-eats-away-at-lake-tahoe/ar-AA1glxO6

Sniffer dogs help find platypus researchers

• https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/wildlife-sniffer-dogs-teach-platypus-experts-new-tricks-20230830-p5e0ks.html 

Microwaving releases hordes of micro-plastic particles from food containers

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/study-uncovers-disturbing-side-effect-110000309.html
• https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nebraska-study-finds-billions-of-nanoplastics-released-when-microwaving/ 

First ever global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-reveals-human-destruction-global-floodplains.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02382-x

Determining the cause of the 1931 Yangtze River flood – one of deadliest natural disasters in history

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-yangtze-river-deluge.html 

Mount Fuji suffering from over-tourism

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-japan-mount-fuji-tourists.html 

Factors affecting mortality and maternal abandonment of young free-roaming feral horse foals

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/proximate-factors-affecting-mortality-and-maternal-abandonment-young-free-roaming 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1558787823000722 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 11 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

New research shows “direct link” between GHG emissions & polar bear decline – But loss of Arctic sea ice has STALLED since 2008 – many drivers of biodiversity loss

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03092023/research-link-between-emissions-polar-bear-decline/ 
• Abstract:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh2280 
• Atlantification:  https://phys.org/news/2023-09-atlantification-arctic-ocean.html
• Multiple biodiversity drivers:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm9982 

Using the wrong paradigm – covid is not a seasonal virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/covid-isn-t-seasonal-so-why-are-covid-booster-shots/ar-AA1g1Z6H 

Fauci worried people won’t treat CDC recommendations as mandates – “little to no” evidence that large-scale masking is effective at preventing spread of the virus – masks cause physical & developmental issues in children

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fauci-says-he-worries-americans-won-t-listen-to-future-mask-recommendations-from-cdc/ar-AA1gb4N8 
• https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-research-finds-little-to-no-evidence-masks-effectively-lessened-covid-spread/
• Paper:  https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full 

Covid pandemic fraud – just how much was stolen & how much money has been recovered?

• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-results-nationwide-covid-19-fraud-enforcement-action 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-demand-answers-garland-covid-relief-fraud-rcna102298 
• https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/29/covid-fraud-gang-allegedly-stole-millions-to-pay-for-murder-guns-drugs.html 
• To report fraud:  https://home.treasury.gov/services/report-fraud-waste-and-abuse/covid-19-scams 

Covid fear-mongering & falsehoods back in the liberal main stream media – masks do not stop the virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/covid-fearmongering-and-falsehoods-are-back-in-liberal-media/ar-AA1gowve
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/masks-don-t-work-against-covid-19-and-dr-fauci-should-stop-talking/ar-AA1glX7X 

Groundwater & petroleum – outline & download link

• https://gw-project.org/books/groundwater-and-petroleum/

Wildlife or hot springs or being dumb human pose hazards to tourists

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/which-more-hazardous-yellowstone-visitors-wildlife-or-hot-springs

California has spent $600M+ for environmental reviews of incomplete high-speed rail line – 78 miles have still not received full environmental approval – history of delays & budget overruns

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-spent-more-than-600-million-on-environmental-reviews-for-high-speed-rail-line-that-isn-t-built-yet/ar-AA1gbZsc

“Transableism” is the new “abyss” – a “delusional disorder” 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/transableism-is-the-new-abyss-people-are-choosing-to-identify-as-handicapped-and-it-is-as-messed-up-as-it-sounds/ss-AA1gehd8 

Wantonly sacrificing the countryside at the altar of “net zero”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/our-countryside-is-being-wantonly-sacrificed-at-the-altar-of-net-zero/ar-AA1geD03 

More than 1,600 scientists declare climate “emergency” is a myth – no cause for panic & alarm – need to strongly oppose “net zero policy” 

• https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis 

Leading academic journals tend to favor climate papers that support preapproved narratives – reject those that don’t & media manipulates the truth

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-scientist-says-media-manipulates-truth-about-global-warming/ss-AA1ghCbT
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12482921/climate-scientist-patrick-brown-wildfires-started-people.html 

Latest chapter of climate fiction – “the climate Chicken Littles are wrong again”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/cal-thomas-more-climate-fiction/ar-AA1gfnmG

Start with a bad assumption to create policy that may be costly and of minimal effectiveness

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05092023/medical-toolkit-for-climate-resiliency/ 

Is the Tesla Supercharger still being powered by a diesel plant?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-dark-side-of-tesla-s-largest-supercharger-is-a-diesel-generator-still-powering-it/ar-AA1gfYP2 

Serious questions still unanswered about the Chinese underground biolab in Reedley, California – cultures of tuberculosis, dengue, HIV, covid & malaria – “risk group 2 & 3”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/disturbing-california-biolab-shrouded-in-mystery-as-china-links-emerge/ar-AA1ggnqJ 

First Peoples 3:  States, Feds and the First People Go Fishing

• https://sibleysrivers.com/first-peoples-3-states-feds-and-the-first-people-go-fishing/ 

On-going outbreak of meningococcal disease across Virginia reports total of 27 cases

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/virginia-experiencing-statewide-outbreak-meningococcal-202335355.html 

Warning of potential for drinking water crisis in 5 cities

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/us/water-infrastructure-failure-us-cities-climate/index.html 

Grand Canyon National Park re-implementing mandatory water conservation measures for the South Rim – concessions must switch to disposable dishes & utensils

• https://apnews.com/article/water-conservation-measures-grand-canyon-south-rim-77e85af9d1fde91890f4965474be7797 
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/water-conservation-measures-ordered-grand-canyons-south-rim 

Proposed legislation in Pennsylvania would classify produced water as hazardous waste & would require toxicity testing of wastewater, mine tailings & runoff from landfills

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/pennsylvania-bills-would-regulate-produced-water-as-hazardous/ 

Agribusiness Cargill in crosshairs for connections to deforestation in Bolivia

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/agribusiness-giant-cargill-is-in-activists-crosshairs-for-its-connections-to-deforestation-in-bolivia/ 
• Link to report:  https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/empty-promises-cargill-soy/ 

Elk rut has begun in Jasper National Park – tourists beware & keep a safe distance

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/elk-rut-underway-jasper-national-park 

Ethical and moral?  Human embryo models grown from stem cells

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-human-embryo-grown-stem-cells.html 

Universal pattern of how many species are common, very rare, or somewhere in between

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000325 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02173-y

Large increases in ER visits for traffic injuries involving cannabis in Ontario, Canada

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000383 

Corruption is a way of doing things in the swamp – affects all our society in many ways

• https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/whistleblower-concerns-about-hunter-biden-firms-first-surfaced 

Fighting invasive species is a very expensive, futile, up-hill battle

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rethinking-the-war-on-invasive-species/ar-AA1gnJXr 
• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/World_losing_high-stakes_fight_against_alien_species_999.html 
• Assessment Summary:  https://zenodo.org/record/8314303 
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/invasive-species-cost-humans-423bn-each-year-and-threaten-worlds-diversity-aoe 
• Rabbits in AUS:  https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cute_but_calamitous_Australia_labours_under_rabbit_numbers_999.html 
• Phragmites in Macomb County:  https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/09/06/how-macomb-county-is-fighting-an-invasive-species-to-make-roads-safer-for-drivers/ 
• Fire ants in Virginia:  https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/09/04/fire-ants-head-west-in-virginia-2nd-invasive-species-spotted/ 
• Jimsonweed in New England:  https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2023/09/07/jimsonweed-toxic-nh-invasive-species-watch-list/70766856007/ 

Class action lawsuit against DuPont & Chemours for PFAS forever chemicals

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/DuPont_and_Chemours_sued_in_Dutch_forever_chemicals_case_999.html 

 

Feds announce will overturn sales of O&G leases in ANWR – unlawful action

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/biden-to-cancel-alaskan-arctic-oil-drilling-rights-sold-by-trump-1.1967989 
• https://apnews.com/article/alaska-arctic-refuge-oil-gas-leases-interior-318dcc3f2d5b104a800bf3ba48e764b7
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-under-fire-for-unlawful-cancellation-of-oil-leases-as-prices-hit-highest-point-of-2023/ar-AA1goOTd  

Carbon capture pipeline project denied key construction permit in South Dakota – following example of ND

• https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-665a20269d43d4aff5944969f869bb03 

Burning Man organizers have 3 weeks to clean up apocalyptic expanse of abandoned cars and other debris left behind in the Black Rock Desert

• https://fortune.com/2023/09/06/burning-man-cleanup-flood-mud/ 
• https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934431/the-burning-man-2023-mud-cleanup-playa-pollution 

Trying to mitigate the impacts of over-tourism at Lake Tahoe – “Keep Tahoe Blue”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/the-monster-that-feeds-and-eats-away-at-lake-tahoe/ar-AA1glxO6

Sniffer dogs help find platypus researchers

• https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/wildlife-sniffer-dogs-teach-platypus-experts-new-tricks-20230830-p5e0ks.html 

Microwaving releases hordes of micro-plastic particles from food containers

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/study-uncovers-disturbing-side-effect-110000309.html
• https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nebraska-study-finds-billions-of-nanoplastics-released-when-microwaving/ 

First ever global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-reveals-human-destruction-global-floodplains.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02382-x

Determining the cause of the 1931 Yangtze River flood – one of deadliest natural disasters in history

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-yangtze-river-deluge.html 

Mount Fuji suffering from over-tourism

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-japan-mount-fuji-tourists.html 

Factors affecting mortality and maternal abandonment of young free-roaming feral horse foals

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/proximate-factors-affecting-mortality-and-maternal-abandonment-young-free-roaming 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1558787823000722 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 11 September 2023 - Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Marine Sand Watch - Removal of 6B tons of sand from the ocean each year pose risk to marine life

• https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/unep-marine-sand-watch-reveals-massive-extraction-worlds-oceans 
• Marine Sand Watch interactive map:  https://unepgrid.ch/en/marinesandwatch 

Hypoxia cited as reason for downward trend in lobsters off the coast of Massachusetts

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04092023/cape-cod-lobsters-threatened-hypoxia/ 

Australia includes Southern Ocean in 6 areas for public consultation ahead of planned offshore wind lease sales – South Australia opposed since poses danger to fisheries

• https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/lobster-row-rocks-offshore-wind-as-state-tells-turbines-to-stay-away/2-1-1511646 

Danish company Ørsted to continue survey for pathway for cables to connect offshore wind farm to land

• https://www.capegazette.com/article/%C3%B8rsted-set-resume-near-shore-survey-work-fall/263638 

Coastal erosion on Chebeague Island off the coast of Maine especially in intertidal nature preserve

• https://www.pressherald.com/2023/09/04/erosion-on-chebeague-island-seen-as-warning-to-other-coastal-communities/ 

Inception of Building Resilience of Coastal Ecological & Social Systems of Pakistan project

• https://www.iucn.org/news/202309/charting-resilient-future-coastal-ecosystem-restoration-project-commences-karachi 

Coastal redwoods take advantage of regular influx of fog – “Cathedral Forests”

• https://www.geographyrealm.com/fog-sipping-coastal-redwoods/ 

California trial court attempts to clarify when coastal property owners are entitled to seawall protection

• https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/california-trial-court-clarifies-when-2858656/ 

“Death star” processing plants to produce liquified natural gas are popping up along the Gulf Coast – begs the question:  why are we exporting so much energy when we have an energy shortage here in the US?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/massive-death-star-processing-plants-are-popping-up-along-the-gulf-coast-there-s-so-many-of-them/ar-AA1gheMe 

Considering an ocean corridor of high-voltage power lines from Maine to New Jersey – pros & cons

• https://www.eenews.net/articles/4-things-to-know-about-the-state-led-push-for-underwater-transmission/ 

Beach from Buxton Beach Access to Buxton jetties temporarily closed in Cape Hatteras National Seashore

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/stretch-beach-temporarily-closed-cape-hatteras-national-seashore 

Yes, somewhere underneath all those shacks is a Caribbean Island that will be abandoned by 2,000 residents who think their island is “sinking”

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-hundreds-abandon-caribbean-island-home.html 

Benthic habitat characterization offshore of Morrow Bay, California

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/california-state-waters-map-series-benthic-habitat-characterization-region-offshore
• USGS OFR 2023-1064:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2023/1064/ofr20231064.pdf 

Sea lions found dead along California coast died of leptospirosis bacterial infection 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-sea-lions-are-dying-now-scientists-know-why/ar-AA1gqU3Q 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 4 September 2023 - Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Geological maps are fundamental tools – surficial geologic maps provide key insights to Yellowstone

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/a-deep-dive-surficial-geologic-mapping 

Latest footage of Loch Ness monster 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/loch-ness-monster-footage-captured-by-unsuspecting-camper/ar-AA1fSLqC 
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/loch-ness-monster-sounds-and-video_n_64ec41e9e4b01777090b6936 
• https://www.iflscience.com/noises-heard-in-biggest-hunt-for-the-loch-ness-monster-in-50-years-70425 

The Fujiwhara Effect – will two Atlantic hurricanes collide?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/what-happens-when-two-hurricanes-collide-the-fujiwhara-effect-explained/ar-AA1fXdVs 

Paper:  Water & salt transport under different subsurface pipe arrangement conditions in severe saline-alkali land – DRAINMOD model

• https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/16/3001

Calibration of isotopes in barnacle shell growing on debris from Maylasia Flight MH370 provides forensic method to outlie probable drift path

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/barnacles-help-reconstruct-drift-path-of-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023AV000915

Submap – online atlas of subduction zones

• https://eos.org/articles/a-new-underground-atlas-of-subduction-zones 
• Submap:  https://submap.gm.umontpellier.fr/ 

Precipitation may delay recognition of lightning-ignited wildfires

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/wet-conditions-delay-wildfire-detection
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103785 

Bunker Hill Superfund Site – retrospective on 50 years and future cleanup of lead & zinc mining baghouse fire

• https://phys.org/news/2023-08-idaho-silver-valley-years-largest.html 

Enhanced chemical weather is just another Rube Goldberg scheme for the “climate crisis”

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999929 

Paper:  enhanced clay formation key in sustaining Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01234-y 

Scanning technology used to reconstruct Cambrian Kylinxia zhangi arthropod

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999892 
• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kylinxia-zhangi-eyes-limbs-12218.html 
• https://www.sci.news/space/erg-chech-002-meteorite-age-12220.html 

Erg Check 002 stony meteorite may contain material from stars that exploded toward end of the formation of the Solar System

• https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-meteorite-is-a-time-capsule-from-the-birth-of-our-solar-system 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40026-1 

Rhabdodontidae among the last non-avian dinosaurs

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/rhabdodontid-dinosaurs-12223.html 
• Paper:  https://fr.pensoft.net/article/108967/ 

Roles of regional structures & country-rock facies defining mineral belts in central Idaho

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/roles-regional-structures-and-country-rock-facies-defining-mineral-belts-central-idaho 
• USGS PP 1884:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1884/pp1884.pdf

Modeling water-quality effects to Klamath River from recirculation in drains & canals in Oregon & California

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/modeling-water-quality-effects-klamath-river-recirculation-drains-and-canals-oregon 
• USGS SIR 2023-5059:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5059/sir20235059.pdf

Developing a volcanic tsunami simulator

• https://news.gatech.edu/news/2023/08/30/georgia-tech-making-waves-tsunami-research  

New framework for oceanographic research in deep sea

• https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/new-framework-provides-broader-access-to-deep-sea-scientific-exploration/ 

Preliminary soil testing to begin for project to new passenger rail capacity between Virginia and Washington DC

• https://wtop.com/local/2023/08/new-potomac-bridge-officials-take-first-steps-on-project-to-double-passenger-rail-capacity-between-va-and-dc/

Explaining the stalled trend of sea ice loss since 2007 in the Arctic – “Atlantification”

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-atlantification-arctic-ocean.html 

Using deep learning to forecast earthquake aftershocks – Epidemic Type Aftershock Sequence (ETAS) model

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-seismologists-deep-earthquakes.html 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103909 

Satellite high-spatial resolution atmospheric ozone profiles

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-breakthrough-atmospheric-analysis-satellite-high.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809923002916  

New predictive model for tsunami propagation

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-real-time-accurate-tsunami-patterns.html 
• Paper:  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/twoway-coupled-longwave-isentropic-oceanatmosphere-dynamics/A6B0476D58B916EF7FDE2339E96830DE

Micro-plastic pollution may increase riverbed sediment erosion and transport

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-microplastics-riverbed-sediment-movement-erosion.html 
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00820-7

West Point 194-year-old time capsule contained silt….and gold coins and commemorative medals

• https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/08/31/not-just-silt-west-points-time-capsule-actually-contained-some-historical-artifacts.html 

Swarms of minor earthquakes shaking Mount Baker, Mount Rainier & Mount St Helens

• https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article278792424.html 

Asteroid impact could affect Earth orbit depending on velocity, angle & geology

• https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/planet-earth/asteroid-impact-change-earths-orbit 

Marking 100 years since Great Kanto Earthquake – is Japan ready for the next Big One?

• https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/great-kanto-earthquake-100th-anniversary-is-japan-ready-for-the-next-big-one-dws/cid/1963272 

On-going fully erosion in Anambra, Nigeria

• https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/09/gully-erosion-threatens-350-buildings-stadium-cuts-federal-road-in-anambra/

PGE files patent for real-time two-phase measurement of flowrate & enthalpy in geothermal wells

• https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/pge-files-patent-for-real-time-two-phase-flow-measurement-in-geothermal-wells/

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 4 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Burning Man is in the Black Rock Desert – fire visible from Space

• https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/2023/08/28/burning-man-2023-costumes-dance-parties-and-quiet-moments/70700674007/  
• https://burningman.org/event/  
• https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/2023/08/26/burning-man-beginning-under-clear-skies-after-hurricane-hilarys-rain/70691251007/ 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/satellites-capture-burning-man-festival-s-fire-from-space-photos/ar-AA1fXfy9 

State of Washington, one of the first states to legalize cannabis, is see cases of CUD – cannabis use disorder – smoking weed is not harmless

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cannabis-use-disorder-is-common-in-one-state-where-marijuana-is-legal/ar-AA1fWy5A 
• https://theconversation.com/many-people-think-cannabis-smoke-is-harmless-a-physician-explains-how-that-belief-can-put-people-at-risk-211601 

Only 1.7% of “covid” deaths were caused by the virus – remaining 98% had other primary causes – but they still are clamoring for mandates and vaxxing

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/99-of-new-covid-19-deaths-reported-by-cdc-not-just-due-to-virus-data/ar-AA1fU3HO 

And why mask mandates should be brought back - they never “flattened the curve”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/are-mask-mandates-coming-back-with-new-covid-19-variant-here-s-what-experts-are-saying/ar-AA1g0Yyl

79 arson arrests for wildfires that ravaged Greece – arson not ‘man-made global warming’

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66612781

What happened to the common house sparrow?  Competition from invasive species

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/where-is-the-house-sparrow-the-bird-vanished-from-our-streets-due-to-invasive-species/ar-AA1fP3zb 

How many illegal immigrants?  DHS does not release real numbers of those crossing our southern border

• https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/dhs-not-releasing-monthly-totals-illegal-migrants-released-us 

NV Energy plans $1.8B for new infrastructure to convert coal plant to natural gas & add $1.56B+ solar project to power the “Sphere” light show – that is so sustainable??!!

• https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/details-emerge-on-nv-energys-1-8b-plan-to-end-coal-add-solar-2893905/ 

TVA to retain ownership of partially built $6B+ Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant for “another” use

• https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/aug/24/tva-reverses-course-wont-sell-bellefonte-nuclear/ 

California judge rejected lawsuit to block extension of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

• https://www.apnews.com/article/nuclear-power-diablo-canyon-california-c3d2fc23916daada9bfa72160e83db1d 

Wind turbine failures are at an all-time high – manufacturing issues & lack of quality control

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/wind-turbine-fails-are-at-an-all-time-high-and-here-s-why/ar-AA1fTt2p 

Released illegal immigrant with Mexican driver’s license forced school bus off the road & down an embankment in Ohio – child died & 26 other children injured

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illegal-immigrant-released-by-biden-kills-child-and-injures-26-others-in-ohio/ar-AA1fWNXr

“Wild boar paradox” in Germany means high levels of radioactive cesium – result of nuclear testing in 20th Century but primarily from Chernobyl disaster

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/wild-pigs-in-germany-are-mysteriously-radioactive-and-we-finally-know-why/ar-AA1fZcUF 
• Paper:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03565 

Government targeted gas stoves, dishwashers, light bulbs and water heater – now targeting ceiling fans – policy of “energy efficiency at all costs”

• https://san.com/cc/what-the-governments-ceiling-fan-proposal-means-for-you/
• https://nypost.com/2023/08/25/biden-admins-latest-home-appliance-crackdown-ceiling-fans/

Visualizing global wine production by country

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/biggest-wine-producers-by-country/ 

Marking 50th anniversary of the Bunker Hill mine baghouse fire in Idaho – became largest contiguous Superfund site for lead contamination & lead poisoning

• https://theconversation.com/50-years-after-the-bunker-hill-mine-fire-caused-one-of-the-largest-lead-poisoning-cases-in-us-history-idahos-silver-valley-is-still-at-risk-210452 

Using GPS to track and protect giraffes across diverse habitats in Africa

• https://theconversation.com/giraffes-range-across-diverse-african-habitats-were-using-gps-satellites-and-statistics-to-track-and-protect-them-210263 

Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation & disruptive mental health

• https://theconversation.com/screen-time-is-contributing-to-chronic-sleep-deprivation-in-tweens-and-teens-a-pediatric-sleep-expert-explains-how-critical-sleep-is-to-kids-mental-health-204436  

Why do your fingers get all wrinkly in the water?

• https://theconversation.com/why-do-fingers-get-wrinkly-after-a-long-bath-or-swim-a-biomedical-engineer-explains-204726 

Seeing the microscopic world

• https://theconversation.com/seeing-what-the-naked-eye-cant-4-essential-reads-on-how-scientists-bring-the-microscopic-world-into-plain-sight-211666 

Perspective - the proposed Ambler Mine and Roads – environmental & other impacts

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/08/essay-proposed-ambler-mine-and-road-and-its-implications 

Natural selection may slow rate of evolution

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230823165407.htm 
• Paper:  https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19125 

Rumors of big cats lurking in Great Britain are just rumors

• https://www.sciencealert.com/claims-of-big-cats-in-the-uk-keep-cropping-up-so-whats-the-truth 

Hidden cameras spot return of wildlife following 2018 Mendocino Complex fire in Northern California

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/hidden-cameras-spot-wildlife-returning-home-after 
• Paper:  https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4613

Huge carbon footprints of EVs – need to consider complete life-cycle of all components including batteries – so the feds increase the subsidies with funding in “Inflation Reduction Act”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/almost-all-evs-leave-huge-carbon-footprints-for-1-simple-reason/ar-AA1g0leg 
• https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/08/when-buying-an-ev-increases-your-carbon-footprint/ 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-022-00862-3 
• Procurement incentive:  https://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/s41893-022-00862-3.pdf  

5 ugly truths & 5 dirty lies about EVs

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/5-ugly-truths-and-5-dirty-lies-about-electric-cars/ar-AA1fZVQR 

Human genetic analysis suggests humans almost went extinct 900,000 years ago – catastrophic population decline led to  1,280 breeding individuals = 117,000-year bottleneck – major climate change & speciation events

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/humans-almost-went-extinct-900-000-years-ago-bombshell-study-suggests/ar-AA1g3mVK 

“Green energy” grid in California now on dirty life support

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/california-s-green-energy-grid-is-on-dirty-life-support/ar-AA1g3B5z

Californina mother wins lawsuit against Speckels Union School District in Monterey County who “socially transitioned” her daughter without her consent

• https://www.californiafamily.org/2023/08/ca-mother-wins-lawsuit-against-school-district-who-transitioned-her-child/  

US DOE to provide $95M for Maui electric grid after wildfires

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-pledges-95-million-hawaiis-electric-grid-post-maui-fire-2023-08-30/

Social media reports that C40 Cities will ban meat, dairy, new clothes and cars

• https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/29/instagram-posts/social-media-post-distorts-climate-report-no-us-ci/ 
• C40 Report:  https://c40.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#36000001Enhz/a/1Q000000MdxA/V3QLW6RLSz3O1N7QGaBkJC_ezIfKteg_zgIe5o57GFI 

Thousands of sheath-tailed bats found in cave on remote island of Fiji – thought to be nearly extinct

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/adorable-moth-size-bats-found-in-the-pacific-islands-largest-bat-cave1/ 
• https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/researchers-find-stronghold-of-endangered-bats-on-remote-island-20230828-p5dzuz.html 

Barking monkey cutouts erected to scare off cheeky rhesus macaques from G20 Summit in India – Biden will not attend, sending Harris

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66668013

Devastating wildfire on Maui causes lots of finger pointing

• https://www.smart-energy.com/regional-news/north-america/hawaiian-electric-says-lawsuit-is-factually-and-legally-irresponsible-it-blames-maui-for-the-tragedy/ 
• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4175262-electric-utility-acknowledges-downed-power-lines-started-first-maui-fire/ 

Update – next phase of $3.2B Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project

• https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/next-phase-of-32b-fargo-moorhead-diversion-project-under-way/62194 

Conceptual idea to put a “lid” over Interstate 5 in Seattle to provide parking & affordable housing – have not yet addressed need to consider air quality within the lidded zone and venting of emissions

• https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/08/28/seattle-lid-interstate-5 
• Feasibility study:  https://lidi5org.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/lid-i-5-feasibility-study-summary-report-final_20-1222.pdf 

Declining water reserves in Turkey could impact Iraq & Syria

• https://shafaq.com/en/Report/Turkey-s-declining-water-reserves-raise-concerns-for-Iraq-and-Syria 

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 4 September 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Struggling to keep toxic runoff from Maui fires from reaching the ocean

• https://www.npr.org/2023/08/29/1196424210/maui-fires-lahaina-runoff-ocean-coral-reefs 

Plan for release of Fukushima wastewater – “risk is really, really, really low”

• https://www.npr.org/2023/08/25/1195999316/we-unpacked-japans-plan-to-release-fukushima-wastewater  

$113M contract awarded to rehabilitate the failing seawalls around portion of Tidal Basin in Washington DC

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/08/contract-issued-bolster-tidal-basin-national-mall 

Improving predictions of typhoon-induced storm surges

• https://phys.org/news/2023-08-gaining-sacrificing-accuracy-typhoon-induced-storm.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35093-9 

Mangroves, marshes & coral will survive changing ocean conditions – on-going adaptation despite global warming hype

• https://phys.org/news/2023-08-world-mangroves-marshes-coral-survive.html 

First offshore wind lease auction in Gulf of Mexico attracts only 1 bid

• https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/us-launches-first-offshore-wind-auction-oil-rich-gulf-mexico-2023-08-29/

Sea turtles adapting to environmental change – but puts them on course for collision with more humans

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31082023/cape-cod-threatened-turtles/ 

US WPTO to provide multi-million-dollar funding for marine energy research

• https://renews.biz/87734/us-launches-marine-energy-research-fund/  

Partnership to build seawall protecting Utqiagvik in North Slope Borough for Barrow Coastal Erosion Project

• https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/sullivan-celebrates-partnership-to-build-seawall-protecting-utqiagvik/ 

Another dire warning about wide-spread coastal habitat retreat due to “global warming” instead of recognizing that is part of the natural evolution of coastlines

• https://news.tulane.edu/pr/world%E2%80%99s-coastal-wetlands-and-coral-reef-islands-face-urgent-sea-level-threat-new-study-shows 
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230831120640.htm 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06448-z 

Coastal communities in New Hampshire trying to protect limited drinking water resources

• https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/28/new-hampshire-seacoast-coastal-climate-change-groundwater  

Trying to frame coastal access as an environmental justice issue

• https://www.nrdc.org/stories/why-coastal-access-environmental-justice-issue 

North Caroline EMC to hear presentation on new Coastal Habitat Protection Plan

• https://coastalreview.org/2023/09/emc-to-hear-coastal-habitat-protection-plan-presentation/ 
• CHPP:  https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/marine-fisheries/habitat-information/coastal-habitat-protection-plan  

New warehouses displacing residents and changing coastal landscape at Port of Savannah in Georgia

• https://thecurrentga.org/2023/08/28/tidal-wave-of-new-warehouses-pushes-residents-out-changes-coastal-landscape/ 

Proposed Senate Bill 423 would streamline development in San Diego coastal zone

• https://www.lajollalight.com/news/story/2023-08-26/area-leaders-express-concerns-about-state-bill-that-would-streamline-development-in-coastal-zone 

Coastal Cat American Eagle now in service – christened at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

• https://www.marinelink.com/news/american-cruise-lines-first-new-coastal-507583

US Army COE blamed for erosion threatening homes in Middlesex, New Jersey

• https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/middlesex-county-erosion-army-corps-of-engineers/  

North Carolina recreational water quality officials advise against swimming in coastal waters impacted by Tropical Storm Idalia

• https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/08/31/state-officials-advise-against-swimming-coastal-waters-impacted-tropical-storm-idalia 

Malta Chamber of Geologists welcomed public consultation document issued by Energy & Water Agency but calls it narrow-sighted regarding utilization of EEZ

• https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2023-09-01/local-news/Chamber-of-Geologists-welcomes-offshore-energy-consultation-but-calls-document-narrow-sighted-6736254505

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